Dramatis Personae

The DUKE OF
VENICE. (DUKE:)

The PRINCE OF MOROCCO (MOROCCO:)
The PRINCE OF ARRAGON (ARRAGON:)
suitors to Portia.

ANTONIO
a merchant of Venice.

BASSANIO
his friend, suitor likewise to Portia.

SALANIO
SALARINO
GRATIANO
SALERIO
friends to Antonio and Bassanio.

LORENZO
in love with Jessica.

SHYLOCK
a rich Jew.

TUBAL
a Jew, his friend.

LAUNCELOT GOBBO
the clown, servant to SHYLOCK. (LAUNCELOT:)

OLD GOBBO
father to Launcelot. (GOBBO:)

LEONARDO
servant to BASSANIO.

BALTHASAR
STEPHANO
servants to PORTIA.

PORTIA
a rich heiress.

NERISSA
her waiting-maid.

JESSICA
daughter to SHYLOCK.

Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice,

Gaoler, Servants to Portia, and other Attendants.

(Servant:)

(Clerk:)

SCENE
Partly at Venice, and partly at Belmont,

the seat of PORTIA, on the Continent.