Leeds Arts Centre performed The Merchant of Venice in June 1948.
| Antonio | Frederick H. Spencer |
| Slarino | Arthur Cox |
| Solanio | Walter P. Miller |
| Bassanio | Cyril A. Spencer |
| Gratiano | Richard Vaughan |
| Lorenzo | Roy Webber |
| Stephano | Alec Stenson |
| Balthasar | James E. Thomas |
| Portia | Patricia Doxey |
| Nerissa | Kathleen Worth |
| Shylock | Stanley G. Sykes |
| Launcelot Gobbo | J. Ray Furnie |
| Old Gobbo | Herbert Stead |
| Jessica | Vivienne Jacobs |
| Prince of Morocco | Cyril Livingstone |
| Prince of Aragon | Leslie Oliver |
| Tubal | Herbert Stead |
| Gaolor | John Cheetham |
| Duke of Venice | Leslie Oliver |
| Ladies in Waiting | Audrey White |
| Betty Redman | |
| Sheila V. M. Harrison | |
| Ann Atkinson | |
| Page & Court Officers | Peter Bunch |
| Arthur E. B. Brown | |
| Ted Smalley | |
| John Bruce | |
| Masquers | Marjorie King |
| Kathleen Doherty | |
| Jack Blacker | |
| Betty Lazenby | |
| May Pearson | |
| Doreen Walker | |
| Nora Kelly | |
| Mollie Bairstow | |
| Enid Taylor | |
| The Singers | Kathleen Worth |
| Audrey White |
| Stage Manager | Reg Taylor |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Arthur E. B. Brown |
| Properties | Joan Lake |
| Daphne Millichip | |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Pat Cheetham |
| Prompter | Ruth Marshall |
| Set Painted Under the Direction of | Elizabeth Tinker |
| Masque and Pavane Arranged and Produced by | E. Muriel Cooke-Yarborough |
| Programme Cover Design by | J. C. Newby |
We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of The Merchant of Venice, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Leeds Arts Centre has also performed The Merchant of Venice on other occasions, in 1975, 1964 and 1956 – more details of those productions can be found by following these links to their pages in this archive.