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'Shakespearean' Donald Trump to be subject of play in blank verse

by Harriet Sherwood Arts, Culture Correspondent

The 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the "Shakespearean" figure of Donald Trump and his battle to regain the White House in 2024 in a new work in blank verse. "I never thought I would go back to writing Shakespearean form again, but then I had an instinct that Trump is li…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:42pm on February 1, 2022