If you think the 2016 presidential race has already reached Shakespearean levels of drama, you're not alone.
In an interview with WNYC and the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club, Man Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, best known for his 2015 novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, tackles the question of the Republican presidential candidates Shakespeare characters.
"[Shakespeare] already wrote the Republican play. It's called Richard III," quips James. "Ted Cruz would be in the running for Richard III, because he seems that diabolical."
James nixes Donald Trump as a participant in the play, because the sentences would simply be too long and complicated for him.
No doubt the Bard himself, who died 400 years ago this year, would be inspired -- or possibly horrified -- by the comedy/tragedy now unfolding in the news.