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    Portia is a female protagonist in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. In creating her character, Shakespeare drew from the historical figure...
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    prominent merchant of Venice in a melancholic mood Bassanio – Antonio's close friend; suitor to Portia; later the husband of Portia Gratiano – friend of Antonio...
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    Portia, contribute to the multifaceted layers of the narrative, making Antonio a significant and thought-provoking figure in The Merchant of Venice....
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  • The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 romantic drama film based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. It is the first full-length sound film in English of...
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    painter Portia, pen name of Abigail Adams (1744–1818) Portia, pen name of Grizelda Elizabeth Cottnam Tonge (1803–1825) Portia (The Merchant of Venice), a...
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    Jessica is the daughter of Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (c. 1598). In the play, she elopes with Lorenzo...
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    The Merchant of Venice is an opera by André Tchaikowsky (1935–1982) to a libretto, based on the Shakespeare play, by John O'Brien. Written between 1968...
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    so to reinvent herself, using the given name of Portia, a character from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and an Italian last name. She...
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  • character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Bassanio, the best friend of Antonio, is a spendthrift who wasted all of his money in order to be seen...
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  • "The quality of mercy" is a speech given by Portia in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (act 4, scene 1). In the speech, Portia, disguised...
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    assume this is one of the more accurate accounts of Porcia Catonis' death. Not to be confused with Portia The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare, William...
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  • Catalog:..The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice at silentera.com The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice at...
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  • 1940. Academy Awards 1941. BUFVC: The Merchant of Venice (1936) n.d. Bamford 1999, p. 55. BUFVC: The Merchant of Venice (1974) n.d. Wayne 2004. BBC 2001...
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  • Susannah Fielding (category Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
    won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre. She also starred in the CBS sitcom The Great...
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  • Lindsay Armaou (category Irish people of Greek descent)
    played the parts of Portia in Merchant of Venice, Isabelle in Ring Round the Moon, Felicity Rumpers in Habeas Corpus, Anya in The Cherry Orchard and the Ghost...
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  • The Maori Merchant of Venice (Māori: Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti) is a 2002 New Zealand drama film in the Māori language (with English subtitles), directed...
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    character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice (c. 1600). A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal villain. His defeat...
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  • The Merchant of Venice (French: Le marchand de Venise, Italian: Il mercante di Venezia) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Pierre Billon and...
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  • The Merchant of Venice is a 1969 drama short film directed by Orson Welles based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. While actually completed...
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    Lynn Collins (category American people of English descent)
    [better source needed] she gained notice in the film The Merchant of Venice as the female lead Portia, alongside Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes and Jeremy Irons...
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  • Sheila Allen (English actress) (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
    the Bristol Old Vic Company, a production that moved to London (1957–58) and Portia (The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic, London, 1962). She joined the Royal...
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    The moon is named after Portia, the heroine of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. It is also designated Uranus XII. Portia is the second-largest...
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  • The Merchant of Venice is a 1961 Australian television adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare that aired on 13 September 1961 in Sydney, and on...
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  • Rachel Pickup (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
    extensively in theatre, playing most of the major Shakespearean heroines. She played Portia in The Merchant Of Venice at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London...
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    Lily Rabe (category People from the Upper West Side)
    the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story (2011–2021). For her performance as Portia in the Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice,...
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    her parents are teachers and named her after the heroine from their favourite play, The Merchant of Venice. Woodman has two brothers Baden and Dalton....
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    characters." She performed many parts including: Portia, The Merchant of Venice, 29 November 1773 Mrs. Peachum, The Beggar's Opera, Covent Garden Theatre Mrs...
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  • 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...
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  • Geraldine James (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    daughter. Portia, opposite Dustin Hoffman in the London and Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Hedda Gabler at the Royal...
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  • Laila Robins (category American people of Latvian descent)
    Women (1993)...Cast; Hartford Stage Company (Hartford, CT) The Merchant of Venice (1995)... Portia; Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theatre (Off-Broadway)...
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