The Old Bensonian Matinee
The following scenes were performed:
Act 4 Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice,
Acts 2 & 3 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Acts 2 & 3 of The Taming of the Shrew (1 performances)
Cast & Crew
Cast
Antonio | Alfred Brydone |
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Baptista | Alfred Brydone |
Bassanio | Otho Stuart |
Bianca | Olive Noble |
Biondello | E Lyall Swete |
Bottom | Edward Warburton |
Clerk of the Court | J Bernard Fagan |
Clerk of the Court | Ella Tarrant |
Demetrius | Charles Quartermaine |
Duke of Venice | George Fitzgerald |
Fairy | Elizabeth Nash |
Flute | Halliwell Hobbes |
Gratiano | Cyril Keightley |
Gremio | H O Nicholson |
Grumio | Nigel Playfair |
Helena | Lilian Braithwaite |
Hermia | Frances Dillon |
Hortensio | Roper Spyers |
Katherina | Constance Benson |
Lucentio | Cyril Keightley |
Lysander | H R Hignett |
Major-domo | H Jalland |
Nerissa | Elizabeth Kirby |
Oberon | Henry Ainley |
Petruchio | F R Benson |
Portia | Constance Benson |
Puck | Leah Hanman |
Quince | William Haviland |
Salanio | Stanley Howlett |
Salerio | F Percy Soper |
Shylock | F R Benson |
Singing Fairy | Agnes Nicholls |
Singing Fairy | Cissie Saumarez |
Snout | Gordon Tomkins |
Snug | Leonard Buttress |
Starveling | H O Nicholson |
Titania | Jessie Bateman |
Tranio | Stanley Howlett |
Tubal | J Plumpton Wilson |
Crew | |
Director | F R Benson |
Playwright | William Shakespeare |
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