The merchant of Venice
Contributors: Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Belasco Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1912
Language: eng
Description: Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., David Belasco & Sam S. & Lee Shubert, proprietors and managers, direction of Sam S. & Lee Shubert (Inc.), L. Stoddard Taylor, manager. Combined stellar engagement Mr. E.H. Sothern and Miss Julia Marlowe in Shakespearean repertoire. "The Merchant of Venice," by William Shakespeare. Scenery by Emens, Unitt and Wicks, properties by E. Seidle, special music selected by Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe.
Notes: Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., week of Monday, February 12, 1912. The curtain rises at 8 o'clock evenings and 2 o'clock at matinees. Wednesday night, February 14.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. William Harris, Mr. Thomas Coleman, Mr. France Bendtsen, Mr. John Taylor, Mr. Federick Lewis, Mr. P.J. Kelly, Mr. Milano Tilden, Mr. V.L. Granville, Mr. Walter Connolly, Mr. Sothern, Mr. Mayne Lynton, Mr. Rowland Bucksonte, Mr. Malcolm Bradley, Mr. William McComas, Mr. Peter Golden, Miss Marlowe, Miss Norah Lamison, Miss Millicent McLaughlin, Misses Wilson, Becker and Sommers, Misses Milton, Bond and Billingsly, Miss Eleanor Fralick, Messrs Biondi and Biondi. Serenade sung by Mr. Robinson and Messrs. Rabon, Golden and Taylor.

LC copy: pages 1-6 and all after page 26 wanting.

LC copy shelved under: Taming of the shrew.

With: Taming of the shrew. Issued together.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).