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  • David Williamson

    …Dead White Males (1995) and Heretic (1996), contain historical characters; the former play includes William Shakespeare in a confrontation with modern-day scholars of his work, and Heretic is Williamson’s account of the conflict between anthropologists Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman over the nature of humanity. Some of his other plays…

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    …Dead White Males (1995) and Heretic (1996), contain historical characters; the former play includes William Shakespeare in a confrontation with modern-day scholars of his work, and Heretic is Williamson’s account of the conflict between anthropologists Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman over the nature of humanity. Some of his other plays…

    Read More