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5 Dec 2024

Playwright Mark Leiren-Young explains why Shylock needed a revival in 2024

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JL;DR SUMMARY Mark Leiren-Young revisits his 1996 play 'Shylock' by updating it into 'Playing Shylock,' starring Saul Rubinek, to reflect contemporary issues such as cancel culture and antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish Identity  Censorship  Theater  Cancel Culture  The Merchant Of Venice  Shylock  Canadian Stage  Saul Rubinek  Mark Leiren Young 

Places mentioned

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"I don't know. I know that I'm hardwired for it. I know that I've had like one of the very first gigs I ever got in animation was for a series called, uh, Transformers Beast Wars, which at the time was known as the most violent series on TV, like parents councils, me and states complained about it."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"And I remember when this. Played at San Diego Repertory Theater, what was in rep with Merchant telling the artistic director and he sort of pats me on the head and goes, yeah, you're a Canadian. Uh, and then I'm there opening night and I'm watching this heated argument with four people off the show and he leaves the theater and comes back."
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
"I'm laying on the floor. I'm reading a book called reinventing Shakespeare. And I reading it and I start to laugh at this passage. I think this is awesome."
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
"I wrote a radio drama for our friends at CBC called dim sum diaries. The radio drama was wildly controversial. That's its own story. But in terms."
Alberta, Canada
"The player at Paula do said, uh, you know, I've been having conversations with Saul Rubinick, uh, who of course I'd heard of when people in Toronto had said, we're thinking of doing your play Shylock."
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