John Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651 A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern) Emma Winter Zeig. When Shakespeare wrote "All the World's a Stage," he probably wasn't thinking that his words would someday be performed in an occupied city by an invading army. Nevertheless, during the American Revolution, the…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AM on July 4, 2016