Titus Andronicus.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Shakespeare in Performance Series .
- Shakespeare in Performance Series .
Shakespeare in Performance: Titus Andronicus -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE -- PREFATORY NOTE -- PREFATORY NOTE TO SECOND EDITION -- PART ONE -- INTRODUCTION: The Problem -- CHAPTER I: From Edward Ravenscroft to Peter Brook -- CHAPTER II: To stylise or not to stylise -- CHAPTER III: Trusting the script: Deborah Warner at the Swan -- CHAPTER IV: Problems then and now -- CHAPTER V: The sense of an ending -- CONCLUSION: What price Titus? -- PART TWO -- SEGUE -- CHAPTER I: Jeannette Lambermont, Daniel Mesguich, and Michael Maggio -- CHAPTER II: Peter Stein and Silviu Purcarete -- CHAPTER III: Gregory Doran -- CHAPTER IV: Julie Taymor: 1994 and 1999 -- CHAPTER V: Yukio Ninagawa, Bill Alexander, Gale Edwards, Richard Rose, and Lucy Bailey -- EPILOGUE: Looking toward the future -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
The second edition of Friedman's stage history of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus adds an examination of twelve major theatrical productions and one film that appeared in the years 1989-2009, identifying four lines of descent in the recent performance history of the play: the stylised, realistic, darkly comic, and political approaches.