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Performance of Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' by Jerusalem's Theater in the Rough. (Yitz Woolf)
August 6, 2019, 10:32 am
Jerusalem’s Theater in the Rough takes measure of society with Shakespeare
The troupe is back to perform the Bard’s ever-relevant sex-centric social critique ‘Measure for Measure’ this August at the capital’s stunning Bloomfield Gardens
By TOI staff
The skyline of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 12, 2013. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
November 3, 2018, 9:58 pm
Toronto school principal axed after Shakespeare production dubbed ‘anti-Semitic’
Academy says appropriate context should have been given to students before they were encouraged to shout ‘Hallelujah’ in response to ‘Burn the Jews’ during ‘Merchant of Venice’
By TOI staff
A man and woman are seen dancing together in a trailer for an Iranian production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare (YouTube screenshot)
September 10, 2018, 10:13 pm
Iran theater duo arrested for Shakespeare clip with mixed-gender dancing
Culture minister secures release of director, venue manager after judiciary orders their detainment
By AFP
Illustrative: In this photo from April 7, 2016, actors perform Hamlet organized by the London-based 'Globe to Globe Shakespeare' troupe at a theater in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 10, 2018, 3:06 pm
Iran detains artists over Shakespeare performance
Detentions of director and theater manager come after video trailer for production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ shows women dancing with men
By AP
Natan Skop, left, as Hamlet, and Ira Skop as Ghost, in Theater in the Rough's production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet.' (Yitz Woolf)
August 16, 2018, 1:29 pm
This production of ‘Hamlet’ is a literal walk in the park
Jerusalem’s Theater in the Rough makes a triumph of Shakespeare’s tragedy, running through August 28
By Matthew Kalman
Cast of Theater in the Rough's production of 'Hamlet.' (Yitz Woolf)
August 2, 2018, 5:25 pm
To be there, or to be square: ‘Hamlet: In motion’ heads to Jerusalem
Capital’s Theater in the Rough performs the Shakespearean classic in Bloomfield Gardens August 8-28
By TOI staff
Left to right: Gillian Kay as Gremio, Andrea Katz as Baptista, and Susan Berkson as Tranio in Theater in the Rough's 2017 performance of Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew.' (Courtesy/Merav Blum)
August 16, 2017, 4:45 pm
Dress-cross’d production tames chauvinism in Shakespeare’s ‘Shrew’
Jerusalem’s community theater company Theater in the Rough is performing the comedy in Bloomfield Park through August 24
By Yaakov Schwartz
Katherine, played by Gilad Petranker kisses Petruchio, played by Annabelle Landgarten, in Theatre of the Rough's production of 'Taming of the Shrew.' (Courtesy)
August 7, 2017, 9:14 am
In Jerusalem, a gender-bent production of ‘Taming of the Shrew’
The Theatre in the Rough opens its summer run this week with a laugh-out-loud, cross-dressing performance of the Bard’s classic comedy
By Yaakov Schwartz
In this May 21, 2017, file photo provided by The Public Theater, Tina Benko, left, portrays Melania Trump in the role of Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, and Gregg Henry, center left, portrays President Donald Trump in the role of Julius Caesar during a dress rehearsal of The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar in New York. (Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP)
June 12, 2017, 3:56 am
Companies pull backing of play over ‘Trump’ killing
Delta and Bank of America cancel sponsorship of Shakespeare production that portrays Julius Caesar as a president look-alike who gets knifed to death
By Tom McElroy
Shaul Bassi, the 'Merchant in Venice' Project Director and coordinator of the Venice Ghetto 500 anniversary committee, on the Ghetto Nuovo bridge in Venice, Italy, July 2016. (Ruth Ellen Gruber)
August 3, 2016, 4:19 am
Venice welcomes back Shylock in marking its Jewish history
Audiences gathered for six sold-out shows of controversial play in secluded main plaza of city’s historic Jewish Ghetto
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Venice Jewish Ghetto (YouTube screenshot)
July 27, 2016, 8:50 pm
Merchant of Venice opens in city’s historic ghetto
Shakespeare’s ‘comedy’ prsented for first time at scene of some of its action; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends grandson’s performance, part of 500th anniversary of Jewish enclave’s establishment
By JTA
William Shakespeare (John Taylor, National Portrait Gallery, Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
May 21, 2016, 8:45 pm
Simon Wiesenthal Center denounces ‘Israel-bashing’ Romeo and Juliet play
Set in contemporary East Jerusalem, production includes uniformed Israeli soldiers lording over Palestinians
By TOI staff
Syrian children pick damask roses (Rosa Damascena), in the village of Marah, north of the capital Damascus, on May 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)
May 17, 2016, 7:53 am
Syria’s famous damask rose withered by war
Famed flower, used for essential oils, Turkish treats and to perfume mosques, is now rarity in namesake Syrian capital and surrounding fields
By Maher Al Mounes
In this Thursday, April 28, 2016 photo, Palestinian actors perform a Gaza version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" play on the stage of a cultural center in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 9, 2016, 4:02 pm
‘Romeo and Juliet’ gets local twist in Gaza performance
Shakespeare’s feuding families a fitting template for the present-day fight between Fatah and Hamas, says director Ali Abu Yassin
By Fares Akram
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with university students in Tehran, Iran, July 2015. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 25, 2016, 5:14 pm
Shakespeare fan Khamenei singles out ‘Merchant of Venice’
In Twitter post, Iranian supreme leader says play that features scheming Jew Shylock is ‘in accordance with Western values’
By Tamar Pileggi
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