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BBC Television Shakespeare

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The Merchant of Venice

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Wednesday December 17th, 1980

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Episode Crew
Director:	Jack Gold (1)
Writer:	William Shakespeare

Episode Summary

The fair maiden Portia disguises herself as a man and pretends to be a lawyer in order to prevent villainous moneylender Shylock from taking a pound of flesh from merchant Antonio.

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Guest Stars

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•John Franklyn-Robbins	played	Antonio	Recurring (second appearance)
•Peter Gale (1)	played	Prince of Aragon	Recurring (second appearance)
•Alan David (2)	played	Solanio
•Arnold Diamond	played	Tubal
•Douglas Wilmer	played	Duke of Venice
•Enn Reitel	played	Lancelot Gobbo
•Gemma Jones	played	Portia
•Joe Gladwin	played	Old Gobbo
•John Nettles	played	Bassiano
•John Rhys-Davies	played	Salerio
•Kenneth Cranham	played	Gratiano
•Leslee Udwin	played	Jessica
•Marc Zuber	played	Prince of Morocco
•Richard Morant	played	Lorenzo
•Susan Jameson	played	Nerissa
•Warren Mitchell	played	Shylock

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