Titus Andronicus (Penguin Shakespeare)

Titus Andronicus (Penguin Shakespeare)

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Synopsis

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 is made empress by the new emperor of Rome, she quickly begins to plot a murderous revenge of barely conceivable cruelty.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 29 Sep 2005

ISBN 10: 0141019662
ISBN 13: 9780141019666

Author Bio
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), dramatist, man of the theatre, and poet. He became involved in the theatre in his local Stratford-upon-Avon and later in London where he gained fame as a playwright, writing comedies, romances, and tragedies. Jacques Berthoud was Professor of English at the University of York. Sonia Massai teaches English at St Mary's University College Twickenham. Stanley Wells is Chairman of the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford and editor of the New Penguin Shakespeare series. Sonia Massai is a Lecturer at King's College London. She has edited Titus Andronicus (New Penguin), The Wise Woman of Hoxton (Globe Quartos), and a collection of essays on World Wide Shakespeares (Routledge). Her current projects include a book on Shakespeare and the Rise of English Drama in Print.