works on exhibitions at Folger Shakespeare Library. Before coming to Folger in 2022, he worked in four different roles at Ford's Theatre, two different roles at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (now Capital Jewish Museum), and at The Design Minds, Inc. and the Alamo. Follow him on Twitter @DPMcKenzie. He holds a Ph.D. in U.S., Latin American, and digital history from George Mason University, a M.A. in Museum Studies from The George Washington University, and a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Macbeth and the End of Slavery in the United States
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David McKenzie
What can Shakespeare say about the original sin of the United States, slavery? As two artists in the Civil War era thought, a lot. Two cartoons in the Folger’s collections, drawn around a decade apart, allude to Shakespeare’s Macbeth to…
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