MacTrump

A Shakespearean Tragicomedy of the Trump Administration, Part I

By: Ian Doescher, Jacopo della Quercia

Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Rachel Botchan, Eliza Foss, Christopher Gebauer, Adam Grupper, Johnny Heller, Brian Hutchison, Thomas Picasso, Jonathan Todd Ross, T. Ryder Smith, Henry Strozier, Jaine Ye, Laura Knight Keating

No one thought that MacTrump - Lord of MacTrump Towers, Son of New York - would ascend to the highest position in the kingdom. Yet with the help of his unhappy but dutiful wife Lady MacTrump, his clever daughter Dame Desdivanka, and his coterie of advisers, MacTrump is comfortably ensconced in the White Hold as President of the United Fiefdoms, free to make proclamations to his subjects through his favorite messenger, McTweet.

The Democrati, mourning the loss of their cherished leader O'Bama, won't give up without a fight. They still remember the disastrous reign of George the Lesser, and they can see Putain's dark influence on MacTrump. Their greatest hope is MacMueller, tasked with investigating the plot that empowered MacTrump's rise to the throne.

As Desdivanka schemes to overthrow her father's councilors, and as Donnison and Ericson-trapped in their own Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-like storyline-prove useless to their father, MacTrump soon realizes he has no true allies. Will he be able to hold on to his throne? Only time will tell in this tragicomic tale of ambition, greed, and royal ineptitude.

©2019 Ian Doescher and Jacopo della Quercia (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Funny and Stabbing

It’s hard to hear all of the events we lived out in play form, but the authors make real life seem like satire.

Creative, funny, A+ parody

A worthy lampoon, Shakespeared into the heart of US politics. (Ugh, need 5 more words.)

An odd parody subject, but, well done.

This doesn't deserve the bad reviews it's getting. It's a parody, for Heaven's sake!. Big fan of Ian's work. Though I am a Trump supporter, I do find his versions of all characters hilarious.