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The Merchant of Venice   

 
This production played in repertory with Julius Caesar, Hamlet
 
Royale Theatre , (11/16/1931 - circa. 11/1931)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Nov 16, 1931   
Closing Date:Nov 1931 Total Performances:6

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Venice and on The Belmont.


Production Staff
Produced by Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society
Written by William Shakespeare
Staged by George Vivian
Cast
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