ELY HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAMME
July 16th and 18th 1953
ELY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PRESENT "THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE"
by
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
CAST
Duke of Venice Y Tedora Prince of Morocco } suitors to V Willcocks Prince of Arragon } Portia P Lathan Antonio A Merchant of Venice V Convine Bassanio his friend A Burrows Gratiano } Friends to C Yardy Solanio } Antonio and Bassanio Mary Beale Salerio H Smith Lorenzo in love with Jessica S Wymer Shylock a rich Jew C Levett Lancelot Gobbo W Read Old Gobbo A Lawrence Balthazar S Collen Portia a rich heiress A Browning Nerissa her Waiting-maid G Robinson Jessica Daughter to Shylock Myra Beale and P Thulborn P Petch, R Larkin B Badcock J Howard Costumes The Property Club ____________
L-R: Cynthia Levett - Gwen Robinson - Ann Browning - Beryl Badcock - Yvonne Tedora - Jose Howard - Cynthia Yardy - Helen Smith - Vivian Convine - Ann Burrows
IDs by Ann Dix , Helen Smith
photo source: Ann Dix (Burrows): original by Starr & Rignall, ElyBeryl Badcock, Yvonne Tedora, Jose Howard, Pat Thulborn, Fay Newstead.
Cast photo taken in front of the Lodge at Bedford House
back: Beryl Badcock - Yvonne Tedora - Jose Howard - Pat Thulborn - Fay Newstead (not in cast list)
middle: Mary Beale - Helen Smith - Cynthia Levett - Ann Burrows - Anne Browning - Vivian Convine - Valerie Willcocks - Pat Latham - Pat Petch - Averil Lawrence
front: Cynthia Yardy - Gwen Robinson - Jean Cole - Wendy Read - Bridget Rayner - Myra Beale - Sylvia Wymer
IDs by Helen Smith
photo source: Helen Smith: original by Starr & Rignall, Ely
Another cast photo taken in front of the Lodge at Bedford Houseback: Mary Beale ... Sheila Collen ... Yvonne Tedora (part) ... 4 (obscured) Pat Thulborn? ... Valerie Wilcox ... Pat Latham ... Averil Lawrence
middle: Helen Smith - Cynthia Yardy - Gwen Robinson - Cynthia Levett - Ann Burrows - Anne Browning - Vivian Convine - Myra Beale - Sylvia Wymer
front: Beryl Badcock - Jean Cole - Wendy Read - Bridget Rayner - Pat Petch - José Howard
photo source: Vivian Hawes (Convine): IDs Helen Smith
Programme: Helen Smith
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