Playing Shylock - Paperback
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In this theatrical funhouse mirror, an actor, Saul Rubinek, is played by the actor Saul Rubinek, who is playing Shylock in a production of The Merchant of Venice that is running in whatever theatre you're in, whatever night you're there. You've arrived just in time for the second act, but the show does not go on. Instead, the actor portraying Shakespeare's most controversial character steps out of the role and into the spotlight to share why the show has been cancelled. Centuries of artistic tension collide with today's call for accountability, all channelled through one actor's life story and his plea for understanding as he fights cancellation and, possibly, extinction.
Mark Leiren-Young is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, satirist, author and environmental activist based in Victoria, BC. His play Bar Mitzvah Boy, (which he's adapting for screen) was long-listed for the Leacock Medal for Humour-an award he received for his memoir Never Shoot a Stampede Queen. His previous theatrical exploration of Shakespeare's infamous Jew, Shylock, has been translated into several languages and produced throughout Canada, the US, and Europe. Mark won the Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary for
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