A review by readingtheend
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper

3.0

enjoyable if maybe a little more 101 than I was hoping! I told a friend that it very much reads like a book read by the director of education at the Globe. one thing that struck me is that she feels like there's an ongoing need to keep performing problematic plays like The Merchant of Venice, rather than sweeping them under the rug. I'm just not sure why! why can't we direct our energies elsewhere! I say study that play but don't stage it; there are other plays; I can imagine there may even be plays BY JEWISH PLAYWRIGHTS from this era, idk just one idea among many.