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''[[Shylock, or The Merchant of Venice Preserved]]'' is a travesty by Talfourd.
 
''[[Shylock, or The Merchant of Venice Preserved]]'' is a travesty by Talfourd.
  
From 5 November 1859 onwards, members of the club worked with [[Sefton Parry]], so the only further performance by the Club as such listed by Bosman (1980) is one on 29 March, 1860, when they did ''[[Helping Hands]]'' (Taylor) and ''[[Shylock, or The Merchant of Venice Preserved]]'' (a travesty by Talfourd).
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The full title is: ''[[Shylock, or the Merchant of Venice preserved: an entirely new reading of Shakespeare from an edition hitherto undiscovered by modern authorities, and which it is hoped may be received as the stray leaves of a Jerusalem hearty-joke]]'' and is referred to in the text as an [[extravaganza]].
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First performed. Published by T.H. Lacy, London, in 1850.
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1859: Performed as ''[[Shylock, or The Merchant of Venice Preserved]]'' on 29 March, 1860, with ''[[Helping Hands]]'' (Taylor). and ''[[Shylock, or The Merchant of Venice Preserved]]'' (a travesty by Talfourd).

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