Merchant of Venice, The

Synopsis

Animated burlesque. Antonio is a Venetian ice-cream man; Bassanio a navvy. Antonio is brought to court by Shylock. After shedding flood of tears (which cause the flowers in her window box to grow) Portia (a housemaid) defends her lover in court. She demands that Shylock be asked to produce his ration book which shows that he has spent his meat tickets. The sub-titling is made to emanate from a gramophone. Shylock is portrayed by the tragedian Ward R. Street (Wardour Street).

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1919

Availability

Presumed a lost film

Keywords

Shakespeare, William; burlesgues

Credits

Director

Anson Dyer

Producer

Cecil Hepworth

Writer

Anson Dyer

Animator

Anson Dyer

Production Company

Name

Hepworth Picture Plays