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'This is tragedy naked, godless and unredeemed' Kenneth Tynan An embittered Roman general returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the queen's unending hatred. And when she gains power by her marriage to the new emperor of Rome, she quickly begins to plot a murderous revenge of barely conceivable cruelty, in Shakespeare's first and most savagely bloody tragedy. Used and Recommended by the National Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by Sonia Massai Introduction by Jacques Berthoud
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Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- Titus Andronicus
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Shakespeare
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0141396326
- ISBN13
- 9780141396323
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, Murders, Theatre Plays, Rome, Roma, Gypsies, Brutality
- Original title
- The Arden Edition of Works of William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- 'This is tragedy naked, godless and unredeemed' Kenneth Tynan An embittered Roman general returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the queen's unending hatred. And when she gains power by her marriage to the new emperor of Rome, she quickly begins to plot a murderous revenge of barely conceivable cruelty, in Shakespeare's first and most savagely bloody tragedy. Used and Recommended by the National Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by Sonia Massai Introduction by Jacques Berthoud