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...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:34PM on June 7, 2023