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Police are called in to guard Jewish actress playing Shylock in the Merchant of Venice adaptation set in a 1930s London at the Criterion
EXCLUSIVE: Police monitored spectators attending the Criterion Theatre's first production of the Merchant of Venice 1936, which stars Tracey-Ann Oberman after she received online abuse.
Met Officers monitored spectators attending the West End's Criterion Theatre first production of the Merchant of Venice 1936, which stars the 57 year-old actress after she received menacing online abuse. Met Officers monitored spectators attending the West End's Criterion Theatre first production of the Merchant of Venice 1936, which stars Tracey-Ann Oberman after she received menacing online abuse Friends say she became so concerned about the transfer of the show into the West End that her representatives altered the Metropolitan Police, who took the threats so seriously they maintained a presence outside the London theatre as the play opened this week.
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