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Titus Andronicus

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The bloodiest and brashest of Shakespeare’s plays, this revenge tragedy begins with war and ends in mutilation and cannibalism. Acts of war and sexual violence across borders and within families highlight the importance of empire, Blackness, and gender, alongside the familial and literal blood which characterise... Read More
Format: Hardback
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A major new edition of a challenging play which highlights the importance of empire, Blackness and gender, as well as familial and literal blood in early modern and contemporary performance.

A major new edition of a challenging play which highlights the importance of empire, Blackness and gender, as well as familial and literal blood in early modern and contemporary performance.

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The bloodiest and brashest of Shakespeare’s plays, this revenge tragedy begins with war and ends in mutilation and cannibalism.

Acts of war and sexual violence across borders and within families highlight the importance of empire, Blackness, and gender, alongside the familial and literal blood which characterise early modern and contemporary performance.

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series Titus Andronicus provides:

  • A critical introduction to the textual, cultural, and performance history
  • An edition that is rooted in a Jacobean revival performance of the play
  • Detailed on-the-page notes explaining language, character, and performance
  • A clear page layout with an easy-to-read font and single-column notes
  • Images of relevant productions, paintings, and texts

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series includes a new edition of every Shakespeare play, the poems, and sonnets. Each volume is edited afresh by a leading scholar specialising in cutting-edge research on performance, gender, sexuality, and race. These editions cover everything you need to know as a student, teacher, researcher, theatre-maker, or performer of Shakespeare’s works today.

Series: The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350078413

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare

Illustration: 22 bw illus

Contributors:

  • Volume editor Professor Ayanna Thompson
  • Volume editor Professor Curtis Perry

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 424g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Curtis Perry is Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA, where he also holds faculty-affiliate status in Classics, Medieval Studies, and Criticism and Interpretive Theory. His publications include Literature and Favoritism in Early Modern England (2006) and The Making of Jacobean Culture: James I and the Renegotiation of Elizabethan Literary Practice (1997).

Ayanna Thompson is Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of Blackface (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), Shakespeare in the Theatre: Peter Sellars (The Arden Shakespeare, 2018), Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centred Approach (The Arden Shakespeare, 2016), Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America (2011) and Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage (2008).

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