Shakespeare in the Park Sponsors Withdraw From Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’ -<br />By LIAM STACKJUNE 11, 2017<br />New York’s Public Theater lost financial support from two high-profile corporate donors, Delta Air Lines<br />and Bank of America, on Sunday amid intense criticism of its production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” which depicts the assassination of a Trump-like Roman ruler.<br />“We have notified them of our decision to end our sponsorship as the official airline of the Public Theater effective immediately.”<br />Bank of America followed hours later, saying it would withdraw financial support from the production of “Julius Caesar”<br />but would not end its financial relationship with the theater, which a bank spokeswoman, Susan Atran, said had lasted for 11 years.<br />“No matter what your political stance may be, the graphic staging of ‘Julius Caesar’ at this summer’s free Shakespeare<br />in the Park does not reflect Delta Air Lines’ values,” Delta said in a statement on Sunday night.
