Tracy-Ann Oberman turns Shylock into a heroic Jewish anti-fascist It's an unhappy time to be staging Shakespeare's problematic play, given its antisemitic content, so hats off to adaptor-director Brigid Larmour and actor Tracy-Ann Oberman for persevering with this updated version, now in the West End. Their ambition to make Shylock a female anti-fascist has been hard won, though.
