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| The Merchant of Venice (1979) | |
| by William Shakespeare Opening Night 14 July 1979 | |
| Director: Philip Gaze | |
| Bassinio, a spendthrift Venetian, borrows a large sum of money fom Shylock, a Jew, (a moneylender, much abused by those who make use of him), to enable him to court a rich heiress, Portia, living in Belmont (bot far from Venice). He pursuades his friend Antoniom a rich merchant, to stand surety fro him, but the document which Antonio signs - 'a merrie bond' - binds him to forfeit a pound of his felsh should he fail to repay the money on time. Bassinio goes to Belmont to try to win Portia (by a peculia kind of guessing game): while he is there Antonio hears that the ships in which his fortune is tied up have all foundered, and he cannot repay Shylock his money - now, as they used to say in romantic serials, read on... | |
| Cast | |
| Antonio | Matthew Robertson |
| Salerio | Colin Cheyne |
| Solanio | Tony Bamford |
| Bassanio | Richard Mercier |
| Gratiano | Owen Rooney |
| Portia | Marilyn Parker |
| Nerissa | Julia Smith |
| Balthazar | Andrew Wooding |
| Shylock | Frank Grayson |
| The Prince of Morocco | Keith Harrison |
| Launcelot Gobbo | Ray Stone |
| Old Gobbo | John Dawson |
| Leonardo | Richard Hannah |
| Jessica | Gay Cusack |
| Lorenzo | Geoffrey Miles |
| Thge Pronce of Arragon | Jack Dodd |
| Tubal | Tim Brewster |
| Singer | Mary Aston |
| Attendants | Martin Smith |
| Keith Morris | |
| Howard Morris | |
| Crew | |
| Stage Manager | Graeme Smith |
| Set design and building | Frank Grayson |
| Costumes | Jean Jackson |
| Bonnie Hampton | |
| Gwen Wales | |
| Lighting | William Gaze |
| Sound | Christopher Masters |
| Prompt | Louise Green |
| Production Secretary | Mary Greet |
| Properties | Barbara McMechan |
| Elizabeth Hunter | |
| Tania Illingworth | |
| Poster | Frank Grayson |
| Programme design | Suzanne Palmer |
| Music arranged by | Ian Thompson |
