Threats to wife of Trump-like 'Caesar' play director probed

Police are investigating threats made to the wife of the director of a New York production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" that depicted a Donald Trump lookalike character being assassinated.

Police said on Wednesday director Oskar Eustis' wife filed a complaint on June 9 saying she received threatening phone messages she believed were related to the play.

She said one caller wanted her to die after saying her husband wanted the Republican president to die.

The Public Theater's production in Central Park has garnered intense criticism since it opened.

Delta and Bank of America pulled their sponsorships of the Public Theater. Several people were arrested for storming the stage in protest. The last show was performed on Sunday.

The theatre said last week it stood behind the production. The director has said violence is not a solution to political problems.