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Sunday Play: The Merchant of Venice

on BBC Radio 3

By William Shakespeare. With and Shakespeare's thrilling courtroom drama in which a pound of living flesh is the penalty to be exacted against the failure to renew a bond.
Original music by Barrington Pheloung Adapted for radio and directed by Peter Kavanagh. First broadcast on Radio 4

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare.
Music By:
Barrington Pheloung
Directed By:
Peter Kavanagh.
Shylock:
Warren Mitchell
Antonio:
Martin Jarvis
Portia:
Juliet Aubrey
Bassanio:
Samuel West
Lorenzo:
David Morrissey
Gratiano:
Ron Cook
Prince of Morocco:
Colin McFarlane
Prince of Arragon:
John Turner
Duke of Venice:
Denys Hawthorne
Jessica:
Georgia Mitchell
Nerissa:
Tracy Wiles
Salerio:
Stephen Critchlow
Solanio:
Paul Jenkins
Launcelot Gobbo:
David Collings
Old Gobbo:
John Hartley
Tubal:
David Timson
Balthazar:
Ross Livingstone
Stephano:
Andrew Branch

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