Shakespeare References in Los Angeles: Biography Of A City

I’ve been living in Los Angeles for a while, but knew little of its history. Los Angeles: Biography Of A City, by John and LaRee Caughey, is a fascinating look at different aspects of the city, told from various viewpoints. And it contains a couple of Shakespeare references. Both come from a piece written by Aldous Huxley. The first is to Shakespeare himself, with Huxley writing, “Talking of Shakespeare and the musical glasses, the great man and I strolled ahead” (p. 410). The second is actually the title of the essay from which this piece comes, “Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow” (p. 413), which of course is a reference to that fantastic speech by Macbeth after he learns Lady Macbeth is dead. Los Angeles: Biography Of A City was published in 1977 by the University Of California Press.