The Merchant of Venice (1927)

by William Shakespeare

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Production team

Director – Harold Matthews

Cast

Nerissa – Elsie Collier
Antonio – A J Duggan
Lorenzo – M Elliott
Duke of Venice/Prince of Morocco – C T Freeman
Portia – Marjorie Humphriss
Bassanio – Neville Jackson
Gratiano – C F Laughton
Salanio – Tenneson Lees
Launcelot Gobbo – I Leese
Page to Portia – Irene Matthews
Shylock – Clifford Sleath
Gaoler – F A Smalley
Prince of Arragon – Howard Smith
Page to Portia – Margery Smith
Old Gobbo/Tubal – W H Stampe
Jessica – Mary Thompson
Salerio/Salarino – J L Whitehead

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Notes

Presented at Leamington Town Hall, in aid of the rebuilding fund for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.

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