The Merchant of Venice (1916 film)

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Directed by	Walter West
Written by	William Shakespeare (play)
Produced by	Walter West
Starring	Matheson Lang; Hutin Britton; Terence O'Brien;
Production; company	Broadwest
Release date	1916;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Merchant of Venice is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton, Ernest Caselli. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.

Production

The film was made by Broadwest. The company hired the complete stage cast of the play and filmed at Walthamstow Studios using largely natural light.^[1] The film marked the screen debut of Matheson Lang who went on to become one of the leading British actors of the 1920s. It was not a success.^[2]

Cast

Matheson Lang as Shylock
Hutin Britton as Portia
Ernest Caselli as Lorenzo
Kathleen Hazel Jones as Jessica
George Morgan as Lancelot
Terence O'Brien as Tubal
George Skillan as Antonio
Joseph Tozer as Bassanio
Marguerite Westlake as Nerissa

References

^ Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999. p. 55.
^ Low, Rachael (2005). The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918. Routledge. p. 295. doi:10.4324/9781315005713. ISBN 0415679885 – via Google Books.

External links

The Merchant of Venice at IMDb

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[1] Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999. p. 55.

[2] Low, Rachael (2005). The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918. Routledge. p. 295. doi:10.4324/9781315005713. ISBN 0415679885 – via Google Books.

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