The Public Theater’s production of “Julius Caesar” in New York uses the words written by playwright William Shakespeare 400 years ago. The difference is the actor playing Julius Caesar looks a lot like President Donald Trump. And, as anyone familiar with Shakespeare’s play knows, Caesar is killed in Act 3 by senators who fear he had become too power hungry. Laura Sheaffer has attended Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare plays in New York City’s Central Park for years. But she objected to seeing a character looking like Trump covered with blood in the assassination scene. As he dies, the actor delivers one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines, “Et Tu, Brute” -- meant to show Caesar’s surprise that his good friend Brutus joined his killing. Sheaffer says, “I don’t love President Trump, but he’s the president. You can’t assassinate him on a stage.”
Title: Shakespeare Play with Trump-Looking Julius Caesar Draws Criticism
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1923/shakespeare.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Shakespeare Play with Trump-Looking Julius Caesar Draws Criticism' data-article-id='2440'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15750'>The Public Theater’s production of “Julius Caesar” in New York uses the words written by playwright William Shakespeare 400 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='15750' data-end-time='25875'>The difference is the actor playing Julius Caesar looks a lot like President Donald Trump.</span> <span data-start-time='25875' data-end-time='41979'>And, as anyone familiar with Shakespeare’s play knows, Caesar is killed in Act 3 by senators who fear he had become too power hungry.</span> <span data-start-time='41979' data-end-time='53979'>Laura Sheaffer has attended Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare plays in New York City’s Central Park for years.</span> <span data-start-time='53979' data-end-time='64938'>But she objected to seeing a character looking like Trump covered with blood in the assassination scene.</span> <span data-start-time='64938' data-end-time='83771'>As he dies, the actor delivers one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines, “Et Tu, Brute” -- meant to show Caesar’s surprise that his good friend Brutus joined his killing.</span> <span data-start-time='83771' data-end-time='91354'>Sheaffer says, “I don’t love President Trump, but he’s the president.</span> <span data-start-time='91354' data-end-time='95938'>You can’t assassinate him on a stage.”</span> </p></div><div 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