Founding artistic director calls for theatre to cancel production of The Merchant of Venice by Habima, part of the World Shakespeare FestivalMark Rylance, the founding artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, has backed calls for the theatre to cancel a performance by Irsaeli theatre company Habima in a letter to the Guardian.Rylance was one of 37 people to sign a letter published last Friday expressing "dismay and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM on April 3, 2012