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Merchant of Venice: Act 4 Scene 1

AuthorWilliam Shakespeare

NarratorHannah Gordon

Duration1m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Plays and Dramatisations

Key StageKS4

PublisherBBC Audiobooks

VersionUnabridged

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"The quality of mercy is not strained...." In this recording from the BBC Sound Archives, Hannah Gordon is Shakespeare's wise Portia.

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