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''Titus Andronicus'' was first published in a 1594 quarto, which survives in a single copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Some scholars date the writing of the play to 1591-92; others argue for 1593-94. The play draws on Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' and Senecan tragedy.<ref>Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2005 Folger Shakespeare Library.</ref>  
''Titus Andronicus'' was first published in a 1594 quarto, which survives in a single copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Some scholars date the writing of the play to 1591-92; others argue for 1593-94. The play draws on Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' and Senecan tragedy.<ref>Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2005 Folger Shakespeare Library.</ref>  
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== Productions at the Folger ==
== Productions at the Folger ==
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== Modern editions ==
== Modern editions ==
 
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''Titus Andronicus'' can be read online with [http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=Tit&loc=p7/ Folger Digital Texts] and purchased from [http://books.simonandschuster.net/Titus-Andronicus/William-Shakespeare/Folger-Shakespeare-Library/9780671722920/ Simon and Schuster].
''Titus Andronicus'' can be read online with [http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=Tit&loc=p7/ Folger Digital Texts] and purchased from [http://books.simonandschuster.net/Titus-Andronicus/William-Shakespeare/Folger-Shakespeare-Library/9780671722920/ Simon and Schuster].


:Hamnet link to Folger Edition: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=189400/ PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.33]
:Hamnet link to Folger Edition: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=189400/ PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.33]


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==

Revision as of 12:54, 7 July 2014

Titus Andronicus is the earliest tragedy and the earliest Roman play attributed to be one of William Shakespeare's plays. Titus, a model Roman, has led 21 of his 25 sons to death in Rome's wars; he stabs another son to death for what he views as disloyalty to Rome. Yet Rome has become "a wilderness of tigers." After a death sentence is imposed on two of his three remaining sons, and his daughter is raped and mutilated, Titus turns his loyalty towards his family.

Aaron the Moor, a magnificent villain and the empress's secret lover, makes a similar transition. After the empress bears him a secret child, Aaron devotes himself to preserving the baby. Retaining his thirst for evil, he shows great tenderness to his little family, a tenderness that also characterizes Titus before the terrifying conclusion.

Titus Andronicus was first published in a 1594 quarto, which survives in a single copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Some scholars date the writing of the play to 1591-92; others argue for 1593-94. The play draws on Ovid's Metamorphoses and Senecan tragedy.[1]

Productions at the Folger

Early editions

First Folio

LUNA: First Folio: 2c4v - 2e2v
Hamnet: STC 22273 Fo. 1 no. 68

Second Folio

LUNA: Second Folio: 2e6v - 2g4r
Hamnet: STC 22274 Fo. 2 no. 07

First Quarto

LUNA: First Quarto
Hamnet: STC 22328

Third Quarto

LUNA: Third Quarto
Hamnet: STC 22330 Copy 1

Modern editions

Titus Andronicus Folger Edition.jpg

Titus Andronicus can be read online with Folger Digital Texts and purchased from Simon and Schuster.

Hamnet link to Folger Edition: PR2753 .M6 2003 copy 2 v.33





In popular culture

Translations

Performance materials

Other media

Notes

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  1. Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 2005 Folger Shakespeare Library.