Titus Andronicus

Name: Titus Andronicus
Author: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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Dramatis Personae

Saturninus, son to the late Emperor of Rome, and afterwards declared Emperor
Bassianus, brother to Saturninus; in love with Lavinia
Titus Andronicus, a noble Roman, general against the Goths
Marcus Andronicus, tribune of the people, and brother to Titus
Lucius, son to Titus Andronicus
Quintus, son to Titus Andronicus
Martius, son to Titus Andronicus
Mutius, son to Titus Andronicus
Young Lucius, a boy, son to Lucius
Publius, son to Marcus the Tribune
Sempronius, kinsman to Titus
Caius, kinsman to Titus
Valentine, kinsman to Titus
Aemilius, a noble Roman
Alarbus, son to Tamora
Demetrius, son to Tamora
Chiron, son to Tamora
Aaron, a Moor, beloved by Tamora
A captain, tribune, messenger, and clown; Romans
Goths and Romans
Tamora, Queen of the Goths
Lavinia, daughter to Titus Andronicus
A nurse
Senators, tribunes, officers, soldiers, and attendants

Scene: Rome, and the country near it.

Act I

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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Dramatis Personae

Saturninus, son to the late Emperor of Rome, and afterwards declared Emperor

Bassianus, brother to Saturninus; in love with Lavinia

Titus Andronicus, a noble Roman, general against the Goths

Marcus Andronicus, tribune of the people, and brother to Titus

Lucius, son to Titus Andronicus

Quintus, son to Titus Andronicus

Martius, son to Titus Andronicus

Mutius, son to Titus Andronicus

Young Lucius, a boy, son to Lucius

Publius, son to Marcus the Tribune

Sempronius, kinsman to Titus

Caius, kinsman to Titus

Valentine, kinsman to Titus

Aemilius, a noble Roman

Alarbus, son to Tamora

Demetrius, son to Tamora

Chiron, son to Tamora

Aaron, a Moor, beloved by Tamora

A captain, tribune, messenger, and clown; Romans

Goths and Romans

Tamora, Queen of the Goths

Lavinia, daughter to Titus Andronicus

A nurse

Senators, tribunes, officers, soldiers, and attendants

Scene: Rome, and the country near it.

More by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

You get a play that keeps changing its mind about love, from the quarrelling lovers in the forest to Bottom blundering through his amateur performance. The language is playful and slippery, and Puck gives the whole thing a mischievous sense that human beings are never quite in control.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Helena chases a man who plainly doesn't deserve her, and the play knows it, which is what makes it interesting. If you like your comedies uneasy, with a bed trick and an ending that only half convinces, this one will stick with you.

Antony and Cleopatra

These two aren't young lovers, they're middle-aged, vain, magnificent messes who keep wrecking empires over each other, and you half want to shake them. Stay for Enobarbus, the dry-eyed friend whose barge speech about Cleopatra is worth the whole play.