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Leading actors perform some of Shakespeare’s greatest speeches in a video series to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Laura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from The Merchant of...
Condensed version of the play with Ivan Berlyn as Shylock and Sybil Thorndike as Portia.
Ellen Terry reciting Portia’s speech from Act IV i beginning ‘The quality of mercy is not strain’d...' The speech is included in GREAT HISTORICAL SHAKESPEARE RECORDINGS issued by Naxos and...
A reading of an abridged version of The Merchant of Venice with Eric Portman as Shylock and Peggy Ashcroft as Portia.
A video recording of Michel Docekal’s production of The Merchant of Venice. The role of Portia is played by David Prachar. No further details known (12/2007).
Fourth in a series of short dramatic recitals in which well-known actresses perform extracts from Shakespeare’s plays. With Cathleen Nesbitt as Portia.
A shortened version of the play which omits the casket scene and the business concerning Portia’s ring. Some scenes were filmed in Venice.
Televised extracts from Julius Caesar with Malcolm Keen as Brutus, Robert Holmes (Cassius), Mary Hinton (Portia). It is presented in conjunction with Peter Creswell’s sound production of the play. The...
Radio broadcast. Scenes from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice are arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. Starring Fay Compton as Portia, Malcolm Keen as Shylock and other members of the BBC Drama...
Third broadcast in a series offering condensed versions of plays performed at the theatre. Jean Forbes-Robertson as Portia and Frederick Valk as Shylock perform in scenes from the Old Vic production of...
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