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Globe theatre defends hosting controversial Israeli company
Campaigners criticise programming of Habima’s Merchant of Venice over company’s record of playing Israeli settlementsShakespeare’s Globe has defended programming an Israeli theatre company that has faced criticism for performing to “exclusively Israeli audiences” in West Bank settlements. Habima Theatre, which was founded in Moscow in 1913 with the express hope of performing in Israel in Hebrew, is scheduled to perform as part of the theatre’s Globe to Globe festival– part of the World Shakespeare festival and Cultural Olympiad.
published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:11:09 GMT