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A stage was built on the [[Zoo Lake]] for the [[Johannesburg Festival]] in 1956. [[Children's Theatre]] staged an open-air production of ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' at the Zoo Lake in the summer of 1957. [[Cecil Williams]] directed this play which starred Rory MacDermot as Shylock and Valerie Philip as Portia. The set was designed by Len Grosset, and Louis Jacobson did costumes. [[Robert Langford]]’s production of ''[[Treasure Island]]'' was staged here by [[Children's Theatre]] for the 1964 [[Johannesburg Festival]]. ****

== Sources ==
[[Percy Tucker]], 1997

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