Stars of theatre and literature split over invitation to Israeli company to stage Merchant of Venice in LondonAuthor Howard Jacobson has weighed into a debate over whether Israel's national theatre company, Habima, should be banned from performing at the Globe in London as part of next month's Cultural Olympiad event, saying art should never be censored.Habima was invited to perform The Merchant of Venice in Hebrew a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:05PM on April 7, 2012