Word: titus
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...ever there were a black sheep in the Shakespeare cannon, Titus Andronicuswould be the prime contender. One of the Bard's earliest dramatic efforts, it's also his bloodiest and most sensational--murder, rape and bodily dismemberments abound, with some cannibalism thrown in for good measure. Director Jose Zayas' approach, however, makes a creative if somewhat over-zealous attempt to move the play out of slasher-film territory into a combination of comic irony and the spookily surreal...
...revenge melodrama that makes Hamlet pale in comparision. Set in ancient Rome, it traces the conflict between returning military hero Titus Andronicus (Padriac O'Reilly '98) and the late Emperor's son, Saturninus (Henry Clarke '00), to whom Titus cedes the throne. Trouble arises when Saturninus marries Tamora (Danielle Sherrod), Queen of the subjugated Goths, after being turned down by Titus' daughter, Lavinia, who instead marries Saturninus' younger brother Bassianus (Jesse Conrad '00). For Tamora bears a grudge against Titus and his sons for executing her own eldest son and is determined to seek vengeance. Various complications, and a great...
...still manages to suggest the violence in some interesting ways--most notably the scene in which Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and her sons Demitrius and Chiron, seek audience with Titus: it's transplanted into Titus' bath, accentuating the play's obsession with human flesh. Indeed, as if to further this alternative method of presenting this obsession, nearly all of the principal characters at some point or other are at least partially undressed. However, music, sound and lighting, much more than the actual set, are used to evoke an eerie, faintly unearthly atmosphere, and do so effectively. This is more...
...competitive society produces heroes, but it also brings down many who become disillusioned with their lives. What happened to Versace in Miami Beach, Fla., was a tragedy, and society does bear some of the responsibility, since it played a part in the creation of Versace and Cunanan. STEPHEN P. TITUS New York City...
...shouldn't hastily ban human cloning. Nature clones us--look at identical twins. Shall we ban them? No! Go ahead--send in the clones. TITUS STAUFFER Houston...