Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

Overview

The bloodiest and brashest of Shakespeare's plays, this revenge tragedy begins with war and ends in mutilation and cannibalism. Acts of war and sexual violence across borders and within families highlight the importance of empire, Blackness and gender, alongside the familial and literal blood which characterise early modern and contemporary performance.

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series Titus Andronicus provides:
- A critical introduction to the textual, cultural and performance history
- An edition that is rooted in a Jacobean revival performance of the play
- Detailed on-the-page notes explaining language, character and performance
- A clear page layout with an easy-to-read font and single-column notes
- Images of relevant productions, paintings and texts

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series includes a new edition of every Shakespeare play, the poems and sonnets. Each volume is edited afresh by a leading scholar specialising in cutting-edge research on performance, gender, sexuality and race. These editions cover everything you need to know as a student, teacher, researcher, theatre-maker or performer of Shakespeare's works today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9791223014110
Publisher:	CKF Publishing
Publication date:	03/04/2024
Series:	Shakespeare Klassiekers , #10
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	243 KB
Language:	Dutch

About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

Peter Holland holds the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre and is Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is editor of Shakespeare Survey and co-general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare Topics series.

Peter Holland is McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies and the Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Curtis Perry is Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, where he also holds faculty-affiliate status in Classics, Medieval Studies, and Criticism and Interpretive Theory. His publications include Literature and Favoritism in Early Modern England (2006) and The Making of Jacobean Culture: James I and the Renegotiation of Elizabethan Literary Practice (1997).

Tiffany Stern is Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.

Ayanna Thompson is Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of Blackface (Bloomsbury, 2021), Shakespeare in the Theatre: Peter Sellars (The Arden Shakespeare, 2018), Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centred Approach (The Arden Shakespeare, 2016), Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America (2011) and Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage (2008).

Zachary Lesser is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, USA .

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface

How to Use This Edition

Introduction
- The Play
- Authorship
- Early Texts
- Early Theatre History and Dating
- Sources and Intertexts
- Reception and Performance History

Titus Andronicus

Abbreviations and References

Index

Editorial Reviews

"[An] excellent edition."—Linda Anderson, Virginia Tech

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