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The #Disrupt Texts website is a pernicious advocate of displacing Shakespeare and other significant figures and works, including F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, Harper Lee’s <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> and Arthur Miller’s <em>The Crucible</em>.
Commentary: Cory Franklin - For Shakespeare, 'to disrupt or not to disrupt' the question Cory Franklin FacebookTwitterEmail 3of3 In an old joke, a repertory company prepares to stage “Hamlet” when the lead actor dies just before the first performance. The company frantically appeals to the packed audience for someone who knows Hamlet’s part. A volunteer steps forward, an egotistical fourth-rate actor, and it is immediately clear he is terrible: So bad that when he reaches the famous “to be or not to be” soliloquy, the audience begins booing and throwing things at him. Finally, he br...