John Gordon Gray

"The President's Affair" is a dramatization of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. It can be dubbed a "historico-tragi-comedy" and contains elements of all three genres. It is written in Shakespearean metered verse and has many playful allusions to Shakespeare plays. The play is mainly concerned with the human drama, which unfolded in the course of the scandal, with the backdrop of the White House frenzy and the wider acrimonious political context in Washington....