Delta Yanks Support for NYC’s Public Theater Over Trumplike ‘Caesar’
- Carrier ends official-airline role at New York institution
- Assassinated title character staged to resemble U.S. president
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Delta Air Lines Inc. and Bank of America Corp. revoked sponsorship of New York’s famed Public Theater because its summer production of “Julius Caesar” is staged with an assassinated title character who resembles Donald Trump.
In separate statements, the two U.S. firms criticized the way that the Shakespearean tragedy’s lead character -- in a suit and tie, sporting a blond mane -- was portrayed.