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==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Owen Weingott]] as Shylock<ref>''Sydney Morning Herald'' 14 September 1961 "''The Merchant'' on Television" p.13</ref><ref>http://barry-creyton.com/biography.html</ref>
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*[[Tanya Halesworth]] as Portia
*[[Annette Andre]] as Jessica
*[[Annette Andre]] as Jessica
*[[Barry Creyton]] as Lorenzo
*[[Barry Creyton]] as Lorenzo
*John Faasen as Gratiano
*John Faasen as Gratiano
*[[Ron Graham (actor)|Ron Graham]] as Bassanio
*[[Ron Graham (actor)|Ron Graham]] as Bassanio
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*[[Tanya Halesworth]] as Portia
*Carolyn Keely as Nerissa
*Carolyn Keely as Nerissa
*Alistair Roberts as Lancelot Gobbo
*Alistair Roberts as Lancelot Gobbo
*[[Leonard Teale]] as the Prince of Morocco
*[[Leonard Teale]] as the Prince of Morocco
*John Unicomb as Antonio
*John Unicomb as Antonio
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*[[Owen Weingott]] as Shylock<ref>''Sydney Morning Herald'' 14 September 1961 "''The Merchant'' on Television" p.13</ref><ref>http://barry-creyton.com/biography.html</ref>


==Production==
==Production==
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It went to the relatively inexperienced Tanya Halesworth who was a presented at the ABC. Director Alan Burke said he saw Portia "as a beautiful debutante, the darling of the deb set of her day. I wanted a beautiful girl for the role, one with wit, astuteness, vivacity; but one with a little bit of edge to her tongue. Tanya has all these."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58581703 |title=Tanya-an alluring, vivacious Portia |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=29 |issue=14 |date=6 September 1961 |accessdate=9 February 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
It went to the relatively inexperienced Tanya Halesworth who was a presented at the ABC. Director Alan Burke said he saw Portia "as a beautiful debutante, the darling of the deb set of her day. I wanted a beautiful girl for the role, one with wit, astuteness, vivacity; but one with a little bit of edge to her tongue. Tanya has all these."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58581703 |title=Tanya-an alluring, vivacious Portia |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=29 |issue=14 |date=6 September 1961 |accessdate=9 February 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Reception==

The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "a masterful piece of work in which a predominant young cast gave the play flesh-and-blood virility".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 September 1061|page=11|title="The Merchant" on Television}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 11:21, 31 May 2020

The Merchant of Venice
Directed byAlan Burke
Based onplay The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
StarringOwen Weingott
Production
company
Release date
13 September 1961 (Sydney)
Running time
120 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Merchant of Venice is a 1961 Australian television adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. [1] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]

Cast

Production

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "the most important television play of the year. and among Sydney's actresses the role of Portia was the most sought after."[5]

It went to the relatively inexperienced Tanya Halesworth who was a presented at the ABC. Director Alan Burke said he saw Portia "as a beautiful debutante, the darling of the deb set of her day. I wanted a beautiful girl for the role, one with wit, astuteness, vivacity; but one with a little bit of edge to her tongue. Tanya has all these."[6]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a masterful piece of work in which a predominant young cast gave the play flesh-and-blood virility".[7]

References

  1. ^ ""The Merchant" a TV triumph". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 17. 27 September 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ Sydney Morning Herald 14 September 1961 "The Merchant on Television" p.13
  4. ^ http://barry-creyton.com/biography.html
  5. ^ "Tanya's Surprise Portia Role". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1961. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Tanya-an alluring, vivacious Portia". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 14. 6 September 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ ""The Merchant" on Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 September 1061. p. 11.


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