Title page of the first quarto, 1594
Titus Andronicus (c. 1589–1592) is the first tragedy play by William Shakespeare. Most of its theme, structure and language comes from The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd. It is believed to be Shakespeare's first play, and also the most bloodiest and less respected of his works.
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Tragedies |
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Comedies |
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Histories |
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See also |
- Problem plays
- Late romances
- Characters
- Chronology
- Performances
- Settings
- Scenes
- Quarto publications
- First Folio
- Second Folio
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Poems |
- Shakespeare's sonnets
- A Lover's Complaint
- The Phoenix and the Turtle
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Venus and Adonis
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Apocrypha |
Plays |
- Arden of Faversham
- The Birth of Merlin
- Cardenio*Template:†
- Double Falsehood
- Edmund Ironside
- Fair Em
- Locrine
- The London Prodigal
- Love's Labour's WonTemplate:†
- The Merry Devil of Edmonton
- Mucedorus
- The Puritan
- The Second Maiden's Tragedy
- Sejanus His Fall
- Sir John Oldcastle
- Sir Thomas More*
- The Spanish Tragedy
- Thomas Lord Cromwell
- Thomas of Woodstock
- Vortigern and Rowena
- A Yorkshire Tragedy
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Poems |
- The Passionate Pilgrim
- To the Queen
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Life
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Legacy |
- Attribution studies
- Authorship question
- Bardolatry
- Festivals
- Gardens
- Influence
- Memorials
- Screen adaptations
- Titles of works taken from Shakespeare
Institutions |
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
- Shakespeare's Globe (replica)
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Family |
- Anne Hathaway (wife)
- Susanna Hall (daughter)
- Hamnet Shakespeare (son)
- Judith Quiney (daughter)
- Elizabeth Barnard (granddaughter)
- John Shakespeare (father)
- Mary Arden (mother)
- Gilbert Shakespeare (brother)
- Joan Shakespeare (sister)
- Edmund Shakespeare (brother)
- Richard Shakespeare (grandfather)
- John Hall (son-in-law)
- Thomas Quiney (son-in-law)
- Thomas Nash (grandson-in-law)
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- * Shakespeare and other authors
- Template:† Lost
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Images for kids
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First page of The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus from the First Folio, published in 1623
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Gravelot illustration of Aaron cutting off Titus's hand in Act 3, Scene 1; engraved by Gerard Van der Gucht (1740)
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Title page of the second quarto (1600)
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Title page of the third quarto (1611)
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Thomas Kirk illustration of Aaron protecting his son from Chiron and Demetrius in Act 4, Scene 2; engraved by J. Hogg (1799)
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Illustration of Aaron protecting his son from Chiron and Demetrius in Act 4, Scene 2; from Joseph Graves' Dramatic tales founded on Shakespeare's plays (1840)
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Jean-Michel Moreau illustration of Lucius telling his father the tribunes have left, from Act 3, Scene 1; engraved by N. le Mire (1785)
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Edward Smith illustration of Lavinia pleading with Tamora for mercy from Act 2, Scene 3 (1841)
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Philip James de Loutherbourg illustration of Quintus trying to help Martius from the hole in Act 2, Scene 3; engraved by 'Hall' (1785)
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Young Lucius stares at the body of Aaron's baby in Jane Howell's adaptation for the BBC Television Shakespeare; in the background, his father is being inaugurated as the new emperor