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A.J. Jefferson

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“Macbeth at Fort Point” Confronts Wild Winds, Cruel Rulers—at WE Players

“Macbeth at Fort Point” Confronts Wild Winds, Cruel Rulers—at WE Players

April 17, 2025 A.J. Jefferson

Ava Roy Adapts the Bard to Seaside Civil War Landmark  by A.J. Jefferson “And what seem’d corporal melted / As breath into the wind…”  A blustery Pacific gale buffets us at We Players’ “Macbeth” as we huddle together below that engineering marvel, the Golden Gate Bridge. At Fort Point, a Civil War monument, traffic…

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