Theatre Register

The Merchant of Venice, 1947

Shows · New Century Theatre, 1947

Revival BroadwayNew Century Theatre 6 performances

The run closed March 6, 1947

Opened
February 22, 1947
Closed
March 6, 1947
Performances
6
Previews
Theatre
New Century Theatre

Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 736th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of The Merchant of Venice 30 more that season

1768 John Street Theatre Original
1899 Knickerbocker Theatre Revival
1900 Knickerbocker Theatre Return-Engagement
1901 Knickerbocker Theatre Revival 3 perf.
1903 American Theatre Revival
1904 Lyric Theatre Revival
1905 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival
1906 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival
1907 Lyric Theatre Revival
1908 Bijou Theatre Revival 8 perf.
1909 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival
1910 Garden Theatre Revival
1911 Dalys Theatre Revival
1912 Manhattan Opera House Revival
1913 Harris Theatre Revival
1915 44th Street Theatre Revival
1916 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival 20 perf.
1917 44th Street Theatre Revival
1918 Cort Theatre Revival 2 perf.
1922 Lyceum Theatre Revival 92 perf.
1924 Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival
1925 Hampdens Theatre Revival · Walter Hampden 54 perf.
1928 Broadhurst Theatre Revival 64 perf.
1930 Shubert Theatre Revival
1931 Royale Theatre Revival · George Vivian 6 perf.
1953 City Center Revival · Albert Marre 16 perf.
1973 Vivian Beaumont Theater Revival · Ellis Rabb 44 perf.
1989 46th Street Theatre Revival · Peter Hall 80 perf.
2010 Broadhurst Theatre Revival · Daniel Sullivan 73 perf.
2024 Trafalgar Theatre Transfer

Who was in it17 named

Eric Adeney
Robert Algar
Kempster Barnes
Richard Blythe
George Bradford
Penelope Chandler
David Dodimead
Alexander Gauge
Frederick Horrey
Rosalind Iden
Marion Marshall
Eric Maxon
Josef Shear
Margaret Stallard
Malcolm Watson
Geoffrey Wilkinson
John Wynyard

0 of these 17 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 17 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Donald Wolfit
Producer
Hall Shelton

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • No recording is held for The Merchant of Venice at all.
  • No show page for The Merchant of Venice. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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