https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2F2DD9xUo&t=0m02s

Watch our very own Gordon Gidlund, (also an officer in The San Diego Shakespeare Society), describe the influence of the Bard on society during the Civil War.  Lincoln was a huge fan.  Enjoy this interesting discussion of how Shakespeare was wildly popular at the time of the Civil War, his words often punctuating and adding nuance to ideas and speeches. (Edited by L. Burgett)