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Production Title

The Merchant of Venice

Production Date

1974

Photograph Caption

Distraught that his daughter has left his home, and that she is marrying out of her religion, Shylock disowns her with the smashing of her photograph....in an updated version of Shakespeare's classic. (ABC Press Release)

Dialogue

Shylock: "My own flesh and blood to rebel!" (III.i.37)

Play Title

The Merchant of Venice

Series

ABC Theatre

Venue

Stage; Television

Company Name

National Theatre Company

Place of Production

Great Britain

Creator

Genre

Comedy

Character

Shylock: Laurence Olivier

Other Credits

Cecil Clarke - Producer
Johnathan Miller - Director (Stage)
John Sichel - Director (TV)
Julia Trevelyan Oman - Set Designer
Peter Roden - Costume Designer

Other Notes

Stage production, Great Britain, 1968. Televised on ABC Theatre, USA, 1974

Object Type

black-and-white photographs

Size of Original

6 x 9 in.

Donor

Cole, Joseph E.

Repository

Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.

Format

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