The Shylock and the Shakespeareans Review by Jonathan Mandell

Is "The Merchant of Venice" antisemitic? Was Shakespeare?  "The Shylock and the Shakespeareans," playwright and director Edward Einhorn's retelling of the Bard's long-controversial play, shuts down ambiguity or debate. Shakespeare, a character in this rewrite, is not only a bigot; he's inspired a white supremacist gang who call themselves the Shakespeareans. They have scrawled on the...

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