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janx

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33. I guess my point is that this play, like many others,

Reply to WinkyDink (Reply #32)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 09:17 PM

Jun 2017

has been produced in different formats, "modernized" interpretations, many times. So if you see Trump more as MacBeth, and the company were to produce it that way, don't you think that would be a cause for those who don't know various productions of art as well?

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Exactly my thought! janx Jun 2017 #11

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. tanyev Jun 2017 #3

Well spotted Hekate Jun 2017 #12

Thus proving the rightness of this production: Death to wannabe dictators. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #4

Actually, the original play focused on the chaos that resulted janx Jun 2017 #14

Oh, I'm familiar with Will, for many reasons. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #32

I guess my point is that this play, like many others, janx Jun 2017 #33

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Stupid stupid stupid Hekate Jun 2017 #13

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Terminally stupid...You can't fix it. skylucy Jun 2017 #26

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