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Classic Comedy Merchant of Venice opens KU Shakespeare Festival
The Merchant of Venice opens Saturday at 8 p.m. in University Theatre as KU ends its first Shakespeare Festival. Wes Payne plays Shylock risks a pound of flesh while Castulo Guerra and Diane DeFranco Kling portray Portia and other leads under director Fred Vesper with a large KU cast and campus crew.
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Kansas University
Wes Payne
Wichita
Shylock
Castulo Guerra
Saiza
Argentina
Portia
Diane DeFranco Kling
Des Plaines, Ill
Fred Vesper
University of Nebraska
University Theatre
Bill Evans
Terrence D. Jones
Lawrence
Bob Draker
Lawrence Junior
Solanio
Russ Gard
Lawrence Senior
Lord Bassanio
Mark Shermis
Lawrence Sophomore
Stephano
Sally Smith
Nerissa
Roger Werholtz
Shawnee
Garatiano
Barbara Sw
Shakespeare
Salza