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.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:20AM on March 5, 2015