Alli’s Great(x30)Grandpa Duncan

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RSC company manager Alli Bostedt has just discovered (through the genealogical detective work of her husband, RSC web dude Davey Naylor), that she's the 30th great granddaughter of Scottish King Duncan I, the one slain by Macbeth in both real-life and Shakespeare's tragedy. Alli and Davey share how they made this very cool discovery and it how it will radically change their lives (SPOILER ALERT: It probably won't); some minor confusions with Hamlet; how Shakespeare changed history like the Tarantino of his day; a reminder of Davey’s great love for British Kings and Queens; and how royal etiquette demands some pretty goddamn more respectful behavior backstage from now on or heads will roll. (Length 19:50) (Pictured: King Duncan I's 30th great-granddaughter Alli and 31st great-grandson Arthur.)