Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus (The most lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus) Author: William Shakespeare
First Performance: c.1592–4, London
Published: 1594
Genre: Trag. in 5 acts; blank verse and prose
Setting: Ancient Rome
Cast: 18m, 2f, extras
Returning triumphant from the wars against the Goths, Titus Andronicus orders his son slain in battle to be buried. He also commands that the eldest son of Tamora, the captive Queen of the Goths, should be sacrificed. Despite having been nominated emperor by popular assent, he steps down in favour of Saturninus, the older son of the late emperor, and even offers him the hand of his daughter Lavinia, although she is betrothed to Saturninus' brother Bassianus. Lavinia escapes with her lover, assisted by her brothers, and Titus kills one of them. Bassianus marries...
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