The Merchant of Venice
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Antonio | Noel Willman |
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| Balthazar | Michael Bates |
| Bassanio | Paul Scofield |
| Duke of Venice | William Monk |
| Gratiano | Esmond Knight |
| Jessica | Heather Stannard |
| Launcelot Gobbo | Alfie Bass |
| Leonardo | Tom Kneale |
| Lorenzo | John Justin |
| Nerissa | Mairhi Russell |
| Old Gobbo | Julian Amyes |
| Portia | Diana Wynyard |
| Prince of Arragon | John Kidd |
| Prince of Morocco | Michael Godfrey |
| Salanio | Douglas Wilmer |
| Salarino | Paul Hardwick |
| Shylock | Robert Helpmann |
| Stephano | William Squire |
| Tubal | Arnold Diamond |
| Unnamed parts | Claire Bloom |
| Unnamed parts | Alex Davion |
| Unnamed parts | Alan Dipper |
| Unnamed parts | Jean Fox |
| Unnamed parts | Keith Herrington |
| Unnamed parts | Elizabeth Melville |
| Unnamed parts | Norman Mitchell |
| Unnamed parts | Edmund Purdom |
| Unnamed parts | John Van Eyssen |
| Unnamed parts | Clifford Williams |
| Unnamed parts | David Wroe |
Crew | |
| Designer | Sophie Fedorovitch |
| Director | Michael Benthall |
| Music by | Brian Easdale |
| Playwright | William Shakespeare |
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Observations
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My sister, who is 84 on March 13th, was a regular at SoA in 1947/8 and used to wait outside the stage door to get her programme autographed. This is one of a dozen autographed programmes she has passed into my care.
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