While Macbeth Played, Shots Rang Out

A night at the theater echoed an assassination attempt just miles away.

Adjoa Andoh and John Douglas Thompson in a staged reading of Macbeth at the Folger Theatre in Washington on April 25. (Photo by Brittany Diliberto/Bee Two Sweet)

Cries tore through the capital on Saturday night. Murder! Horror!

At the Folger Theatre, Adjoa Andoh played Lady Macbeth in her riveting version of Shakespeare’s most terrifying tragedy.

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