The Merchant of Venice

Press night

15.04.1965

Venue

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Cast

Role and name

• Jessica

  Barker, Katharine

• Musician

  Best, Martin

• Unnamed parts

  Brown, Murray

• Prince of Arragon

  Burton, Donald,

• Nerissa

  Byrne, Patsy

• Unnamed parts

  Condell, Bruce

• Solanio

  Corvin, John

• Gratiano

  Dench, Jeffery

• Unnamed parts

  Dysart, William,

• Salerio

  Geddis, Peter,

• Unnamed parts

  Greenidge, Terence,

• Unnamed parts

  Hales, Jonathan,

• Old Gobbo

  Hancock, Stephen,

• Unnamed parts

  Jaxon, David,

• Unnamed parts

  Jones, Marshall,

• Unnamed parts

  Jones, Roger,

• Launcelot Gobbo

  Kay, Charles,

• Prince of Morocco

  Lebor, Stanley,

• Bassanio

  McEnery, Peter,

• Page

  Meredith, Philip,

• Unnamed parts

  Morand, Sylvester,

• Unnamed parts

  Norgate, Cliff,

• Unnamed parts

  Pennington, Michael,

• Shylock

  Porter, Eric

• Leonardo

  Quilter, David,

• Unnamed parts

  Quilter, David,

• Antonio

  Squire, William,

• Unnamed parts

  Starr, Paul,

• Portia

  Suzman, Janet,

• Lorenzo

  Thomas, Charles,

• Unnamed parts

  Tucker, Alan,

• Stephano

  Valentine, Ted,

• Antonio's Servant

  Walker, Robert,

• Duke of Venice

  Waller, David,

• Unnamed parts

  Watts, John,

• Tubal

  West, Timothy

• Balthasar

  Wylton, Tim,

Creative

Role and name

• Costume Designer

  Baylis, Nadine

• Light Designer

  Bradley, John,

• Designer

  Koltai, Ralph

• Director

  Williams, Clifford

• Music by

  Woolfenden, Guy

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William