Royal Court Theatre changes character’s name following antisemitism charges

07/11/2021

A theater in London apologized for the “unconscious bias” that led a playwright to give an avaricious billionaire character a Jewish-sounding name in a play set to open this week.

The Royal Court Theatre issued the apology Saturday over the name Hershel Fink, which was applied to the character of a high-tech executive in the play “Rare Earth Mettle,” by Al Smith. The character, which closely resembles Tesla founder Elon Musk, is not Jewish and the play makes no references to any Jewish identity, the theater said.

https://www.jta.org/2021/11/07/globa...mitism-charges

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