With no Shakespearean model to set a precedent, America's history plays " as showcased in New York this month " are a varied bunch. But how closely should they stick to events?"Anybody can make history," Oscar Wilde quipped. "Only a great man can write it." This year on New York stages, many men and a few women have been attempting to rewrite and revise history in plays and musicals such as Bloody Bloody Andrew Jacks…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AM on December 22, 2010