Title: The Merchant of Venice
Date: Monday 8th June-Saturday 1st August 1970
Type: Play
Company: Royal National Theatre
Location: Cambridge Theatre, London, England
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Jonathan Miller
Collection Number: 2404_1970_01

Cast

Duke of Venice: Benjamin Whitrow
Prince of Morocco: Tom Baker
Prince of Arragon: Charles Kay
Antonio, a merchant of Venice: Anthony Nicholls
Bassanio, his friend, suitor to Portia: Jeremy Brett
Solanio, friend of Antonio and Bassanio: Michael Tudor Barnes
Gratanio, friend of Antonio and Bassanio: Derek Jacobi
Salerio, friend of Antonio and Bassanio: Richard Kay
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica: Malcolm Reid
Shylock: Laurence Olivier
Tubal, his friend: Lewis Jones
Launcelot Gobbo, the clown: Jim Dale
Old Gobbo, father to Launcelot: Harry Lomax
Secretary: Michael Edgar
Servant to Antonio: Lawrence Trimble
Leonardo, Servant to Bassanio: Alan Dudley
Balthasar, Servant to Portia: Michael Harding
Stephano, Servant to Portia: Patrick Carter
Barber: Paul Vousden
Portia, a rich heiress: Joan Plowright
Nerissa, her waiting-maid: Anna Carteret
Jessica, daughter to Shylock: Jane Lapotaire
Singers: Laura Sarti, Clare Walmesley
Officers, servants, etc.: Hugh Armstrong, Kate Coleridge, Michael Edgar, Sean Roantree, Lawrence Trimble, Paul Vousden

Musicians: Benedict Cruft, Chuck Mallett, Nigel Pinkett

Crew

For The Merchant of Venice

Designer: Julia Trevelyan Oman
Lighting: Robert Ornbo
Musical Arranger, Original Music Composer: Carl Davis
Assistant to the Producer: Harry Lomax
Stage Manager: John Rothenberg
Scenery Builders: E. Babbage & Co.

For the Royal National Theatre

Director: Laurence Olivier
Administrative Director: Frank Dunlop
Associate Director: Robert Stephens
General Manager: Anthony Easterbrook
Accountant: Robert Harrison
Literary Consultants: Derek Granger, Kenneth Tynan
Literary Assistant: Rozina Adler
Executive Company Manager: Michael Hallifax
Director of Music: Mark Wilkinson
Musical Director: Michael Lankester
Staff Producers: Colin McIntyre, Donald MacKechnie
Casting Assistant: Ann Robinson
Assistant Producers: Harry Lomax, Kenneth Mackintosh
Advisor on Mime and Movement: Claude Chagrin
Production Manager: Donald Mackintosh
Deputy Production Manager: Joe Aveline
Head of Carpenter’s Shop: Bill Parker
Head of Paint Frame: Leslie Woolnough
Head of Property Department: Dominique Regnier
Armourer: Reg Amos
Costume Supervisor: Ivan Alderman
Chief Cutters: Edith Carter, Stephen Skaptason
General Stage Manager: Douglas Cornelissen
Stage Managers: Diana Boddington, Richard Hamer, John Rothenberg
Deputy Stage Managers: Jackie Harvey, Christopher Lloyd Pack, Janet Seager
Assistant Stage Managers: Amanda Duckett, David MacDonald, David Myles, Michael E. Rennison, Rosemary Webb
Sound: Sylvia Carter
Master Carpenter: Fred Taylor
Chief Electrician: Leonard Tucker
Property Master: Tom Gillon
Wardrobe Mistress: Vera Martin
Wig Mistress: Amanda Ashton
Theatre and Publicity Manager: Craig Macdonald
Press Representative: Warwick MacCallum

For the Cambridge Theatre

Administrator: Emile Littler
General Manager: Patrick Selby
Theatre Manager: R.J.L. Rowles
Box Office Manager: Betty Carter
Chief Engineer: T. Dykes
Master Carpenter: L. Tipler
Production Supervisor: P.L. Wright

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