upon a discussion night during the ...

upon a discussion night during the newly come run of The Merchant of Venice, the air at the Hartford Stage Company was filled with emotional heat as a panel upon stereotypes in general evolved into a clash across Shylock's character and the ethics of staging the play at all. At the same point, Rabbi Leon Klenicki, Director of Jewish-Christian Relations for the Anti-Defamation League, leaned forward to consider past a fellow panelist in the same manner that he could challenge Mark Lamos, the play's director. Since Lamos had already given several reasons for choosing to bring forward The Merchant of Venice, the Rabbi's