The Merchant of Venice

Press night

25.04.1940

Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Role and name

• Jessica

  Bryan, Peggy,

• Tubal

  Clark, G F Hannam,

• Balthazar

  Gadsby, C Rivers,

• Shylock

  Holloway, Baliol

• Portia

  Holme, Thea,

• Solanio

  Howlett, Stanley,

• Bassanio

  Hurndall, Richard,

• Launcelot Gobbo

  Hutchinson, Dennis,

• Leonardo

  Ingham, Michael,

• Nerissa

  Jackson, Freda,

• Bassanio

  Kenton, Godfrey,

• Prince of Arragon

  Langton, Basil,

• Lorenzo

  Layne-Smith, Donald,

• Launcelot Gobbo

  Leigh, Andrew

• Singer

  Maas, Rita,

• Prince of Morocco

  Manship, George,

• Lorenzo

  Marshall, Robert,

• Clerk of the Court

  Mattingly, Hedley,

• Old Gobbo

  Mattingly, Hedley,

• Page to Portia

  Morgan, Rosemary,

• Antonio

  Skillan, George

• Duke of Venice

  Souper, Gerald Kay,

• Salarino

  Wheatleigh, Edward,

• Tubal

  Wicksteed, Kenneth,

• Stephano

  Wood, George,

• Gratiano

  Wordsworth, Richard,

Creative

Role and name

• Music by

  Bernard, Anthony

• Costume Designer

  Curtis, Barbara

• Choreographer

  Iden, Rosalind,

• Set Designer

  Neale, Peggy,

• Director

  Payne, B Iden,

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William