The Merchant of Venice
National Theatre
Cast & Crew
Cast
Antonio | Anthony Nicholls |
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Balthasar | Michael Harding |
Barber | Paul Vousden |
Bassanio | Jeremy Brett |
Duke of Venice; T/O Prince of Aragon (also) | Benjamin Whitrow |
Extra | Hugh Armstrong |
Extra | Kate Coleridge |
Extra | Sean Roantree |
Gratiano | Derek Jacobi |
Jessica | Jane Lapotaire |
Launcelot Gobbo | Jim Dale |
Leonardo; T/O Tubal | Alan Dudley |
Lorenzo | Malcolm Reid |
Nerissa | Anna Carteret |
Old Gobbo | Harry Lomax |
Portia | Joan Plowright |
Prince of Aragon | Charles Kay |
Prince of Morocco | Tom Baker |
Salerio | Richard Kay |
Secretary; Extra | Michael Edgar |
Servant to Antonio; Extra | Lawrence Trimble |
Servant to Portia; U/S Portia | Gillian Barge |
Shylock | Laurence Olivier |
Singer | Laura Sarti |
Singer | Clare Walmesley |
Solanio | Michael Tudor Barnes |
Stephano | Patrick Carter |
T/O Balthasar; Extra | Tom Dickinson |
T/O Barber | Lionel Guyett |
T/O Barber | David Kincaid |
T/O Bassanio | Frank Barrie |
T/O Duke of Venice; T/O Old Gobbo | Paul Curran |
T/O Extra | Maggie Riley |
T/O Extra | Howard Southern |
T/O Extra | Norma Streader |
T/O Extra | Harry Waters |
T/O Extra | Judy Wilson |
T/O Extra; T/O Lorenzo | Tom Georgeson |
T/O Extra; T/O Nerissa | Jo Maxwell-Muller |
T/O Gratiano | Ronald Pickup |
T/O Jessica | Louise Purnell |
T/O Prince of Morocco | Stephen Greif |
T/O Servant to Antonio; Extra | David Howey |
T/O Shylock | Robert Lang |
T/O Singer | Morag Noble |
T/O Stephano | Peter Rocca |
Tubal | Lewis Jones |
Crew | |
Assistant director | Harry Lomax |
Composer | Carl Davis |
Designer | Julia Trevelyan Oman |
Director | Jonathan Miller |
Lighting designer | Robert Ornbo |
Photographer | Anthony Crickmay |
Stage Manager | John Rothenberg |
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Observations
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The name of the cantor who sings the kaddish after Shylock’s forced to renounce his Jewish faith is not given in the credits, but I believe it was the New London Synagogue’s cantor – a Mr Rothschild (I don’t know his first name) who was the most outstanding baritone. The synagogue he belonged to was led by the late and great Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs. It has to be said that so brilliant was Olivier’s portrayal and the entire Edwardian style of the production, that following Shylock’s failure in court, there was very little interest in anything after his suggested or metaphoric suicide (offstage) – as a result of the profundity of the kaddish sung.
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