This is one of Shakespeare's less known plays although it should not be. It is good and perhaps in the best half or so of his plays, but the reason I think that it is not so well known is because it is a complete gore fest. The first half of the book reads more like a horror story than a drama whe...
This is certainly the goriest of Shakespeare plays that I have read. By the third act, I was reading only to see Titus avenged and I was not disappointed. This particular edition features an extensive 75-page introduction and comes with the history and the ballad that are related to this play (which...
What a bloodbath! My friend warned me about this play but I wasn't prepared for the carnage I witnessed, right from the first scene.This is so much more tragic than Hamlet. There were so many despicable characters too, especially Tamora, Queen of the Goths. Must have been difficult to act this play ...
It seems Billy Shakes was relieving some blood rage with this one. This play relates a violent and gory cycle of revenge between Titus, a Roman general, and Tamora, the Queen of the Goths. I’d say it’s like the Oresteia on crack, but the events of the Oresteia are nowhere near as fucked up as in thi...
isn't this a gem? it was long ignored by scholars and then in the 90s had a small revival in the shakespeare community.this is a great play!!!! hahahah I can't stop laughing
Tereus’ rape of Philomela, and her revenge with her sister Procne, inspire this fictionalized bloodbath set in Roman times. Titus, the dutiful and loyal soldier of Rome, falls to the conspiracies of the new Goth queen and Aaron, the Moor. The horrors let loose upon his daughter Livinia are vicious...
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