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Theatre

Titus Andronicus, Globe Theatre

24 Apr 14 – 13 Jul 14, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Lucy Bailey's faint-inducing 2006 production returns with a vengeance...

By CW Contributor on 19/12/2013

3 CW readers are interested
Photo: John Tramper
Photo: John Tramper
Titus Andronicus, Globe Theatre Titus Andronicus, Globe Theatre Clare James
For those who like their Shakespeare bloody, it doesn’t get much gorier than Titus Andronicus. This violent tale of the latter days of the Roman Empire, believed to be Shakespeare’s first tragedy, was once considered to be one of the Bard’s less impressive offerings. In recent years, however, it’s regained popularity.
For its 2014 season, Shakespeare’s Globe is revisiting director Lucy Bailey’s 2006 production of the play, which reportedly caused some audience members to faint when it was last seen here. As well as terrifying queasy punters, Bailey’s interpretation garnered much critical praise, attracting comparisons to the notoriously graphic films of Quentin Tarantino. 
It returns with its original creative team, including designer William Dudley and composer Django Bates, with a cast headed up by seven-time Olivier Award and BAFTA-winner William Houston, and Game of Thrones star Indira Varma.  
The eponymous Titus is a general in the Roman army who is locked in a ferocious battle with Tamora, Queen of the Goths. After Titus brings Tamora to Rome as a prisoner, a deadly cycle of revenge strikes is set in motion and the bodies begin to pile up. The play’s sensational storyline of murder, rape and torture was popular in its day, but its many scenes of violence ensured that it fell out of favour in subsequent centuries.
This remounted production is perhaps not for the faint of heart, but fans of horror should be well catered for. The brave among you might want to opt for tickets in the yard, where it’s possible to get even closer to the action. 

What Titus Andronicus, Globe Theatre
Where The Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London, SE1 9DT | MAP
Nearest tube Southwark (underground)
When 24 Apr 14 – 13 Jul 14, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Price £5 - 42
Website Click here to book via the Globe Theatre



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  • What Culture Whisper say...

    "The best thing we've seen at the Globe to date. As the cries, rumoured fainting and vomiting in the audience betrayed: the gore was brutal. Blood poured, but amongst the tragic trappings of the play, there was real innovation enacted in the hilariously comic moments that lurk within. Lucy Bailey's awareness of and use of the space was extraordinary as Romans beat their drums ferociously amidst the crowd to cause a stir. The audience were tangibly poised between crowding closer to see more, but also looking away in pure revulsion. Saturnius  and Bassius soared through the space on platforms elevated above the pit. Their podiums of regality quickly denigrated to mounts of ridicule, culminating in a genius enactment of scene Act V, Scene 2  where a seemingly mad Titus undid Tamora's trickery. Our emotions were taut throughout. When the entire cast took to the stage to dance, it was undoubtedly a moment of relief. Lavinia swiftly resurrected from her bloodied form, danced jubilantly in spite of her "lopp'd" and "hew'd" limbs. Cheers and clapping would have lifted the roof if there was one. It was, somewhat tellingly, the youngest and most vibrant audience that The Globe has seen in the pit for a while. We expect that it will continue to draw a fascinated crowd in its remaining weeks. "

    What the critics say

    The Observer

    'Quentin Tarantino, eat your heart out ... Explosive.'

    Susannah Clapp


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    The venue

    Located right on the Thames, Shakespeare’s Globe is one of the capital’s most striking tourist attractions, as well as offering one of its most unique theatregoing experiences. Standing just a few hundred yards from the original site of the famous theatre that played host to many of the Bard’s plays, this reconstruction is as close as audiences can get to recreating the experience of Elizabethan playgoing – complete with thrust stage and groundlings.

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