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Janet Suzman on Portia
Janet chooses Portia, Shakespeare's beguiling heroine of The Merchant of Venice
The extract is from Jonathan Miller's 1980 production of The Merchant of Venice starring Gemma Jones and Warren Mitchell, available on DVD.
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