Criticism from David Baddiel and others prompts about-turn on play due to open this week Al Smith may not be the first British playwright to ask "What's in a name?", but this weekend he had cause to ponder Shakespeare's famous line. Smith, the author of a new play coming to the Royal Court theatre this week, had given a lead character the name of Hershel Fink. But publicity for the production prompted angry complaint…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM on November 7, 2021