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Why Trump has made Shakespeare matter more than ever in DC

by Sophia Howes

There is something inherently Shakespearean about DC. It's easy to picture Lincoln wandering the corridors of the White House reciting his favorite passages. In his journal, John Adams once observed a drunk at a party who "railed and foamed" in "as wild mad a manner as King Lear." Surprisingly, the gruff, bearded Ulysses S. Grant, […] The post Why Trump has made Shakespeare matter more than ever in DC appeared firs…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:11am on January 15, 2021