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Original Cast

Russ Banham

Lorenzo Pisani (u/s)

Venetian

(Understudy)

Mark Blum

Moses of Castelazzo (u/s)

Solomon Usque (u/s)

Venetian

(Understudy)

Mark Blum, who graced the Broadway stage in productions such as Twelve Angry Men and The Graduate, was also a notable cast member in The Merchant. more...

Philip Carroll

Girolamo Priuli (u/s)

Moses of Castelazzo (u/s)

Solomon Usque (u/s)

Tubal di Ponti (u/s)

Venetian

(Understudy)

John Clements

Antonio Querini

(A merchant of Venice)

James David Cromar

Bassanio Visconti (u/s)

Venetian

(Understudy)

Pat DeRousie

Jessica Kolner (u/s)

Rebecca da Mendes (u/s)

(Understudy)

Julie Garfield

Jessica Kolner

(Shylock's daughter)

(Portia's maid)

(A playwright)

Abtalion da Modena (u/s)

Moses of Castelazzo

(A portrait painter)

Joseph Leon

Shylock Kolner

(A Jew of Venice)

Rebecca Malka

Jessica Kolner (u/s)

Nerissa (u/s)

Portia Contarini (u/s)

Rebecca da Mendes (u/s)

Servant

(Understudy)

Roberta Maxwell

Portia Contarini

(An heiress of Venice)

Everett McGill

Lorenzo Pisani

(Bassanio's friend)

Brian Meister

Abtalion da Modena (u/s)

Venetian

(Understudy)

Riggs O'Hara

Graziano Sanudo

(Antonio's assistant)

William Roerick

Antonio Querini (u/s)

Girolamo Priuli

(Doge of Venice)

John Seitz

Shylock Kolner (u/s)

Tubal di Ponti

(Shylock's partner)

Marian Seldes

Rivka Kolner

(Shylock's sister)

Nicolas Surovy

Bassanio Visconti

(Antonio's godson)

Boris Tumarin

Abtalion da Modena

(Shylock's tutor)

John Tyrrell

Graziano Sanudo (u/s)

(Understudy)

Rivka Kolner (u/s)

(Daughter of Portugese banker)

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Production Team

John Dexter Director

Jocelyn Herbert Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

Paul Huntley Wig Designer

Andy Phillips Lighting Designer

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