I can't quite explain what made his performance so magnificent. He was very gentle in how he portrayed Shylock, and his approach was very different to any other approach. Very humanizing, very humbling. And then there's the fact that you have this large First Nations gentleman playing the character, it was just very…

I think it's possible to rescue for modern audiences. They did just that in Stratford, Ontario a few years ago with Graham Greene as Shylock and he was brilliant in it. I saw it twice, and both shows were sold out. (He was also Lenny in "Of Mice and Men" that year, another incredible performance.)