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Shakespearean Insights: August Wilson and Shakespeare

 A bust of William Shakespeare by sculptor John Michael Rysbrack.
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Jason King Jones looks at the connection between Shakespeare and August Wilson, whose The Piano Lesson wrestles with inheritance, family history, and the way the dead reach forward into the lives of the living.

Jason King Jones explores how Shakespeare and August Wilson use specific worlds to illuminate universal themes, from Shakespeare’s courts of Denmark and Rome to Wilson’s homes and stoops of Black America.

Learn more about the legendary playwright, his performances and more on Shakespearean Insights, produced in partnership with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

Jason King Jones is the host of Shakespearean Insights on WDIY. He is the Artistic Director of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.