How ‘Death by Lightning’ Made James Garfield’s Assassination Feel “Shakespearean”

Mike Makowsky discusses adapting the little-known story of Garfield, Charles Guiteau and Chester A. Arthur — and finding the dark comedy in America’s strangest presidential succession.

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