Titus Andronicus was the young Shakespeare's audacious,
sporadically brilliant experiment in sensational tragedy. Its
horrors are notorious, but its powerful poetry of grief is the work
of a true tragic poet.
Introducing this edition, E.M. Waith provides a fresh view of the
play in its historical context as well as an original discussion of
the famous `Peacham' drawing - the only surviving contemporary
Shakespeare illustration. An illustrated account of performances,
notably Peter Brook's production with Oliver as Titus, leads to
an assessment of the play's qualities in the light of its
critical reception. The eighteenth-century version of the
play's probable source is given in one of the
appendices.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) gilt als einer der größten Dichter und Dramatiker der Weltgeschichte. Er verfasste zahlreiche Dramen, Tragödien, Komödien und Gedichte, mit denen er schon zu Lebzeiten Anerkennung und Wohlstand errang. Aber erst in den folgenden Jahrhunderten wurde er zum Prototypen des literarischen Genies, ohne den die Entwicklung der neueren Literatur von Goethe über Brecht bis in die Gegenwart hinein undenkbar ist.
