The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the “Shakespearean” figure of Donald Trump and his battle to regain the White House in 2024 in a new work in blank verse.
“I never thought I would go back to writing Shakespearean form again, but then I had an instinct that Trump is like a Shakespearean king, so it felt like a match,” said playwright Mike Bartlett, whose acclaimed King Charles III focused on a power struggle and constitutional crisis following the death of the Queen.
