Threats to wife of Trump-like 'Caesar' play director probed
June 21, 2017 at 5:26 p.m.
| Updated June 21, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
FILE - In this May 21, 2017, file photo provided by The Public Theater, Tina Benko, left, portrays Melania Trump in the role of Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, and Gregg Henry, center left, portrays President Donald Trump in the role of Julius Caesar during a dress rehearsal of The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar in New York. Teagle F. Bougere, center right, plays as Casca, and Elizabeth Marvel, right, as Marc Anthony. Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., said vicious emails it's gotten from people angry about a production of "Julius Caesar" in which a Donald Trump-like character gets assassinated are misdirected since it had nothing to do with the play in New York. The theater is using the mistake as a teachable moment. (Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police are investigating threats made to the wife of the director of a New York production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" that depicted a Donald Trump lookalike character being assassinated.
Police said Wednesday director Oskar Eustis' wife filed a complaint June 9 saying she received threatening phone messages she believes were related to the play.
She says one caller wanted her to die after saying her husband wants the Republican president to die.
The Public Theater's production in Central Park has garnered intense criticism since it opened.
Delta and Bank of America pulled their sponsorships of the Public Theater. Several people were arrested for storming the stage in protest. The last show was performed Sunday.
The theater said last week it stood behind the production. The director has said violence is not a solution to political problems.
