This is the honest to goodness truth.

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They are performing The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Dallas was not alone.  Boston got nasty emails, too.

The Lenox company has received roughly 40 such messages, including one that wished the theater “the worst possible life you could have and hope you all get sick and die.” At Shakespeare Dallas, executive and artistic director Raphael Parry says his company has received about 80 messages, including threats of rape, death, and wishes that the theater’s staff is “sent to ISIS to be killed with real knives.”

By the way, this is not the first time the play has used contemporary figures as Caesar or Antony. And, obviously these people don’t know what happened after Caesar was assassinated.  This is not a pro-assassination play.

Yeah, you should know that I’m shaking my damn head as I type this.