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Titus [Douglas Hodge], Chiron [Richard Riddell] and Lavinia [Laura Rees]. Photo: John Tramper

Returning to Rome from a war against the Goths, the general Titus Andronicus brings with him the queen Tamora and her three sons as prisoners of war. Titus' sacrifice of Tamora's eldest son to appease the ghosts of his 21 dead sons, and his decision to refuse to accept the title of emperor, initiates a terrible cycle of mutilation, rape and murder, At the centre of the nightmare moves the self-delighting Aaron.

Spectacularly, even grotesquely violent and daringly experimental, Titus was the smash hit of Shakepeare's early career, and is written with a ghoulish energy he was never to repeat elsewhere.

Creative Team

Director: Lucy Bailey
Designer: William Dudley
Composer: Django Bates

Cast

Patrick Moy - Saturninus
Simon Wilson - Bassanius
Douglas Hodge - Titus Andronicus
Richard O’Callaghan - Marcus Andronicus
Laura Rees - Lavinia
David Sturzaker - Lucius
Thomas Padden- Martius
Jake Harders - Mutius
Eliot Giuralarocca - Quintus
Hugh Wyld/ Steven Williams - Young Lucius
Jake Harders - Publius
Simon Wilson - Valentine
Chris Emmett -Plebeian
Claire Nielson - Nurse
Chris Emmett - Emillius
Eliot Giuralarocca - Peasant
Geraldine Alexander - Tamora
Ben Crystal - Alarbus
Richard Riddell - Chiron
Sam Alexander - Demetrius
Shaun Parkes - Aaron
Samuel Bawden, Christopher Chandler, William Hazell, Andrew Mathys, James Sanderson, Seamus Whitty - Bestiari (attendants, Goth soldiers)

 Discover the Play

• Discover actors' experiences when making the production:

- Shaun Parkes as Aaron
- Laura Rees as Lavinia
- David Sturzaker as Lucius
- Hugh Wyld as Young Lucius

Titus Andronicus was performed in 2006, as part of the Edges of Rome Season.