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'O, why should wrath be mute, and fury dumb?'
The smash hit of Shakespeare's early career, Titus Andronicus is one of the Bard's most experimental works, a revenge tale of the utmost brutality that centres around the honoured Roman general who fatally refuses to show mercy to the eldest son of Tamora, Queen of the Goths, whom he has defeated in war. Director Lucy Bailey's staging of the Roman tragedy sees the great London theatre transformed into a temple of death, one in which swathes of black fabric coalesce with horrific violence and stand-out performances to create shatteringly powerful drama.
Synopsis
Returning to Rome from a war against the Goths, the general Titus Andronicus brings with him the queen Tamora and her three sons as prisoners of war. Titus’ sacrifice of Tamora’s eldest son to appease the ghosts of his dead sons, and his decision to refuse to accept the title of emperor, initiates a terrible cycle of mutilation, rape and murder. And all the while, at the centre of the nightmare, there moves the villainous, self-delighting Aaron.
Running time: 168 mins
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Creative
Director:
Lucy BaileyDesigner:
William DudleyComposer:
Django BatesChoreographer:
Sian WilliamsDirected for the Screen by:
Ian RussellFight Director:
Terry KingCast
Aaron:
Obi AbiliBassianus/Clown:
Steffan DonnellyLucius:
Dyfan DwyforDemetrius:
Samuel Edward-CookMarcus Andronicus:
Ian GelderQuintus/Caius:
Paul HamAlarbus/Goth:
Nicholas KarimiTitus Andronicus:
William HoustonMartius/Valentine:
Jake MannChiron:
Brian MartinSaturninus:
Matthew NeedhamNurse:
Bryonie PritchardBacchus/Emilius:
David Shaw-ParkerLavinia:
Flora Spencer-LonghurstTamora:
Indira VarmaMutius/Publius:
Jamie WilkesYoung Lucius:
Jude Willoughby -
What you have to say
Laura Jean Richardson @LauraJeanR
@The_Globe Titus Andronicus. One of the best things I've ever seen on stage. Genuinely frightened me at times. Incredible. #GlobeSeason2014
Clare Woodward @ClareMWoodward
@The_Globe Titus blew my mind! Never seen anything like it on stage. Utterly brilliant.
Josephine Formby @JosephineFormby
Titus Andronicus @The_Globe was gory, gruesome, bleak, spectacular & in parts funny. Superb acting. The audience were dropping like flies.
Hannah Clayden @hannah_clayden
So Titus Andronicus @The_Globe is basically all of the gory bits from GOT in 3 hours live on stage and is absolutely brilliant! #Titus
Ben Spiller @shakespiller
Loved #Titus at @The_Globe tonight. Great to be in the yard. Emotional, barbaric, horrifying, funny, shocking and ultimately exhilarating.
David Coates @BoroBoyOne
@The_Globe Titus Andronicus as a groundling. Stunning, spectacular, involving & atmospheric!
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