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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by “William Shakespeare”
                                              A Contemporary English Version,
                                     Emended and Rectified with Notes and Commentary
                                                      by Jonathan Star



                                                   DRAMATIS PERSONÆ


               DUKE OF VENICE
               PRINCE OF MOROCCO  (MOROCHO-Q1, MOROCHUS-Q1)
               PRINCE OF ARRAGON  (ARAGON)                                   A  suitors to Portia


               ANTONIO  (ANTHONIO-Q1 ), a merchant of Venice, friend of Bassanio
               BASSANIO, winner of Portia
               LEONARDO, a servant to Bassanio
               GRATZIANO  (GRATIANO-Q1, GRAZIANO),  friend of Bassanio, with Nerissa
               LORENZO  (LORENSO),  friend of Gratziano, with Jessica
               SALARINO                                    |
               SALANIO-Q1  (SOLANIO-Q1)                           |  friends of Antonio
               SALERIO, a messenger from Venice            |

               SHYLOCK  (SHYLOCKE-Q1)  a Jewish money-lender
               JESSICA,  daughter of Shylock, with Lorenzo
               TUBAL  (TUBALL-Q1),  a Jew, friend of  Shylock

               LAUNCELET -Q1  (LANCELET-Q2, LAUNCELOT, LANCELOT), a fool, servant to Shylock
               OLD GOBBO  (GOBBO),  father to Launcelet


               PORTIA,  an heiress of Belmont
               NERISSA,  her waiting-woman
               BALTHASAR-Q1  (BALTHAZAR)           |
               STEPHANO  (STEFANO)                 |  servants of Portia


               MESSENGER, for Portia
               SERVANT (SERVINGMAN), for Portia
               MAN, messenger for Antonio
               MESSENGER, for Jessica


               Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice,
                   a Jailor, Servants and other Attendants


               [See Additional Notes, 0.1.1, for a further discussion on the names]
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