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  2. Titus Andronicus - Wikipedia

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    The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, often shortened to Titus Andronicus, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely ...

  3. Titus Andronicus (character) - Wikipedia

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    Titus Andronicus is the main character in William Shakespeare's revenge tragedy of the same name, Titus Andronicus. [1] Titus is introduced as a Roman nobleman and revered general. Prior to the events of the play, he dedicated ten years of service in the war against the Goths, losing 21 sons in the conflict. In the opening act, Titus orders ...

  4. Themes in Titus Andronicus - Wikipedia

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    One of the main reasons that Titus has traditionally been derided is the amount of on-stage violence. [8] The play is saturated with violence from its opening scene, and violence touches virtually every character; Alarbus is burned alive and has his arms chopped off; Titus stabs his own son to death; Bassianus is murdered and thrown into a pit; Lavinia is brutally raped and has her hands cut ...

  5. List of Shakespearean characters (A–K) - Wikipedia

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    Statue of William Shakespeare, who, according to legend, played Adam in his own play As You Like It. Aaron is an evil Moorish character in Titus Andronicus. He incites most of the other evil characters to do violence against the house of Andronicus. [1] The Abbott of Westminster (fict) supports Richard and the Bishop of Carlisle in Richard II.

  6. Titus Andronicus (ballad) - Wikipedia

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    Scholarly debate exists as to which text may have existed first, the ballad or the play (indeed, there is a third potential Titus Andronicus source, a prose history published in chapbook form during the 18th century). [1] The ballad itself was first entered on the Stationers' Register in 1594, the same year the play was entered. [2]

  7. Peacham drawing - Wikipedia

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    The drawing appears to depict a performance of Titus Andronicus, under which is quoted some dialogue. Eugene M. Waith argues of the illustration that "the gestures and costumes give us a more vivid impression of the visual impact of Elizabethan acting than we get from any other source."

  8. List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations - Wikipedia

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    2.10 Titus Andronicus. 2.11 Troilus and Cressida. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... this was the first Shakespeare play broadcast in color ...

  9. George Peele - Wikipedia

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    His play Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First was printed in 1593. This chronicle history is an advance on the old chronicle plays, and marks a step towards the Shakespearean historical drama. [1] Peele may have written or contributed to the bloody tragedy Titus Andronicus, which was published as the work of Shakespeare.