The Merchant of Venice (1961 film)

The Merchant of Venice
Directed by Alan Burke
Based on play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Starring Owen Weingott
Production
company
Release date
 13 September 1961
Running time
 120 mins
Country Australia
Language English

The Merchant of Venice is a 1961 Australian TV adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. [1]

Cast

  • Ron Graham as Bassanio
  • Owen Weingott as Shylock
  • Tanya Halesworth as Portia
  • John Unicomb as Antonio
  • Annette Andre as Jessica
  • Barry Creyton
  • Leonard Teale
  • Carolyn Keely as Portia's maid

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."[2]

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."[3]

References

  1. ↑ ""The Merchant" a TV triumph". The Australian Women's Weekly. 29 (17). 27 September 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Tanya's Surprise Portia Role". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1961. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Tanya-an alluring, vivacious Portia". The Australian Women's Weekly. 29 (14). 6 September 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.


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