Photo Title
Preview
Production Title
The Merchant of Venice
Production Date
1974
Photograph Caption
Shylock, the money lender, "studies the bond (for a pound of flesh) that Antonio has given him. ..A London publication called Olivier's portrayal "the best Shylock of our time." In New York the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith asserted March 5 [1974] that American Jews were becoming increasingly concerned over a new kind of anti-semitism expressed by individuals and institutions, a kind that is not necessarily deliberate in character. An Associate Director of the League said that the forthcoming ABC television production of "the Merchant of Venice' did not lessen the impact of anti-semitism. " (United Press Internationa, March 8, 1974).
Play Title
The Merchant of Venice
Series
ABC Theatre
Venue
Television; Stage
Company Name
National Theatre Company
Place of Production
Great Britain
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
8 x 10 in.
Donor
Cole, Joseph E.
Repository
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Format
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