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The Merchant of Venice
Play
Comedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 16, 1931
Closing Date
Nov 28, 1931
Performances
6
Play
Comedy
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 16, 1931
Close Date: Nov 28, 1931
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
This production played in repertory with
Julius Caesar
,
Hamlet
Theatres
Royale Theatre
(Nov 16, 1931 - Nov 28, 1931)
Setting
Venice and on the Belmont
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society
Written by
William Shakespeare
Staged by
George Vivian
France Bendtsen
Prince of Arragon
suitor to Portia
John Bryan
Lorenzo
gentleman of Venice
Gordon Burby
Prince of Morocco
John Burke
Tubal
an associate of Shylock
Pedro De Cordoba
Bassanio
friend of Antonio
William Faversham
Antonio
a merchant of Venice
John Forrest
Court Clerk
Lionel Ince
Solanio
friend of Antonio
Hart Jenks
Gratiano
gentleman of Venice
Whitford Kane
Launcelot Gobbo
servant to Shylock
Fritz Leiber
Shylock
a Jewish moneylender
Dorothy Martin
Balthasar
servant to Portia
Dance of Revelers
Helen Menken
Portia
an heiress in Belmont
Ralph Menzing
Salerio
friend of Antonio
Claudius Mintz
Leonardo
servant to Bassanio
Frank Peters
Old Gobbo
Launcelot's father
Tyrone Power, Sr.
Duke of Venice
Viola Roache
Nerissa
Portia's waiting gentle-woman
Thayer Roberts
Salarino
friend of Antonio
Virginia Stevens
Jessica
Shylock's daughter
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society
Written by
William Shakespeare
Staged by
George Vivian
France Bendtsen
Prince of Arragon
suitor to Portia
John Bryan
Lorenzo
gentleman of Venice
Gordon Burby
Prince of Morocco
John Burke
Tubal
an associate of Shylock
Pedro De Cordoba
Bassanio
friend of Antonio
William Faversham
Antonio
a merchant of Venice
John Forrest
Court Clerk
Lionel Ince
Solanio
friend of Antonio
Hart Jenks
Gratiano
gentleman of Venice
Whitford Kane
Launcelot Gobbo
servant to Shylock
Fritz Leiber
Shylock
a Jewish moneylender
Dorothy Martin
Balthasar
servant to Portia
Dance of Revelers
Helen Menken
Portia
an heiress in Belmont
Ralph Menzing
Salerio
friend of Antonio
Claudius Mintz
Leonardo
servant to Bassanio
Frank Peters
Old Gobbo
Launcelot's father
Tyrone Power, Sr.
Duke of Venice
Viola Roache
Nerissa
Portia's waiting gentle-woman
Thayer Roberts
Salarino
friend of Antonio
Virginia Stevens
Jessica
Shylock's daughter
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