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Shakespeare, Marlowe and Blair.(Christopher Marlowe; Tony Blair)

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From: Contemporary Review
Date: 20070622
Author:Berry, Ralph

TONY Blair will never settle into a distinct Shakespearean role. He is an actor, who moves from one part to another. As I write, The Times compares him with Macbeth, as Birnam Wood starts moving in the general direction of Dunsinane: the news is that the Scots are minded to rise up against their lord. But there are episodes in his career which call for a more extended Shakespearean--and Marlovian--comparison.

King Lear is the clear-cut case. The play begins with Lear's division of the kingdom, a policy widely derided by generations of literary critics. Yet Blair has been ...

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