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Merchant of Venice

"If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" Act III, scene i

Written: 1598

Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852) ; 1800
Starring :
Reviewed on : 2002-11-04 14:18:50

Booth as Posthumous
His regular roles included playing Shylock. Imitated Edmund Kean's style until he moved to America in 1821. Father of Edwin, Junius and John Wilkes Booth, three actors including one assassin (of Abraham Lincoln).

Sir John Gilbert, R.A.,
The Moneylenders

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