--- description: The justice will make a cameo in a production of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Make a Cameo in 'The Merchant of Venice' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72ea53393954528a/69888cb9ab6d77d0916a9051/ruth-bader-ginsburg-acting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Make a Cameo in _The Merchant of Venice_ by [Megan Lasher](/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2016 7:21 PM CUT  Justice Ruth Ginsburg during " A conversation" with Kathleen Sullivan at the Radcliffe Day Lunch. Ginsburg received the Radcliffe Medal Friday afternoon. Justice Ruth Ginsburg during " A conversation" with Kathleen Sullivan at the Radcliffe Day Lunch. Ginsburg received the Radcliffe Medal Friday afternoon.Joanne Rathe—The Boston Globe/Getty Images by [Megan Lasher](/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2016 7:21 PM CUT [Opera-loving](http://time.com/4224475/antonin-scalia-ruth-bader-gisburg-buddies/ "undefined") Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will take to the stage in July in a production of _The Merchant of Venice_, [ABC News reported](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-merchant-venice-production/story?id=37977521 "undefined"). Ginsburg’s acting talents will be put to a test in her cameo as a judge in the play’s trial the Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Ginsburg has made multiple documentary and talk show [appearances](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046029/ "undefined"), and is by no means a Shakespeare novice. She [recalled to Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/ruth-bader-ginsburg-theater-our-war-112073 "undefined") her many on-stage appearances at the Shakespeare Theatre, most notably as Dick the butcher in _Henry VI,_ in which she recited the infamous line: “First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Ginsburg’s love for theater has recently come into the spotlight after the death of her friend and fellow Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. 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