Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro reveals the ways Shakespeare has influenced the United States' literary heritage. His anthology Shakespeare in America reveals how, for over two centuries, the plays have been a prism through which crucial American issues"revolution, slavery, war, social justice"were debated and understood. American statesmen and presidents from John Adams to Bill Clinton offer their own testimonies …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM on April 22, 2014