(Emma Smith's article appeared in the Spectator, 3/6; photo: The Spectator.) Shakespeare's single explicit reference to America is found in The Comedy of Errors. The two Dromios are anatomizing the unseen 'kitchen wench' Nell, who is 'spherical, like a globe': 'I could find out countries in her', says one Syracusan brother. 'Where America?' asks his twin. […]
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:18PM on March 7, 2020