Should We Really Censor The Anti-Semitism In “The Merchant Of Venice”?

No less a Shakespearean than Mark Rylance recently said yes. Director Rupert Goold thinks shining a light on that prejudice is important. Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson says removing the prejudice from the script “is to tear out its very heart.” At least one Arab director won’t even go near the play.

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