The Merchant of Venice (1916 film)

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.

Cast

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

References

Bibliography

• Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999.

External links

• The Merchant of Venice at the Internet Movie Database

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Characters	Shylock Antonio Portia
Sources	The Jew of Malta
On screen	1916 1923 Shylock (1941) 1980 (TV) 2004 unfinished One Man Band (unfinished)
Adaptations	Le marchand de Venise (1935, opera) Shylock (1987, musical) The Merchant of Venice (1982, opera)
Derivative works	Serenade to Music (1938) Shylock (1996) Yasser (2001) The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002)
Related	"All that glitters is not gold" "All the world's a stage" "Between you and I" Quibble Letter and spirit of the law "Ding Dong Bell" "The quality of mercy"