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Directed by Zachary B.S. Sniderman ’09 and produced by Liesje Hodgson ’08, “Titus Andronicus” plays at the Loeb Experimental Theatre through December 15. Although the production lacks finesse, the cast and crew do creative justice to the play’s reputation as what is reputed to be Shakespeare’s earliest tragedy—and what is undoubtedly his bloodiest work...
When Olga I. Zhulina ’09 stood alone amidst a grove of red flags, holding out forearms swathed in red scarves as the raped and amputated Lavinia in “Titus Andronicus,” my appreciation for the scene’s aesthetics conflicted with my revulsion at the violence. It wasn’t a long battle. Lavinia’s over-dramatic helplessness soon led me to silently echo Tamora’s (Cecilia I. Soler ’08) moan of impatience with Lavinia’s interminable groveling...
Jack E. Fishburn ’08 plays Titus, a Roman general, who returns from war to find that the Roman people have elected him as their new emperor. He nobly relinquishes his throne to Saturninus (John Greene), the late emperor’s eldest son. Saturninus accepts and takes Tamora, Queen of the Goths, as his Empress. In her new position of power, Tamora wreaks bloody revenge on Titus, who killed her eldest son, and his entire family...
Shakespeare, Romans, gruesome violence—what more could you ask for? Starting today, “Titus Andronicus” will be performed at the Loeb Experimental Theatre from Dec. 7-15. The Roving Reporter waded through blood, guts, and amputated limbs to get the inside story on the production. Jack E. Fishburn ’08 RR: Who do you play in “Titus Andronicus”?JF: I play Titus.RR: Great. What’s his story?JF: He is a Roman general who is reaching retirement, having successfully led Rome’s armies...
...stranded in perplexity. But in the way it looks and sounds, it's a tonic to two senses. No surprise here, since Taymor has lavished her extravagant theatrical imagination on Broadway musicals (The Lion King), operas (The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera) and movies (a gory, oneiric Titus - Shakespeare as a splatter film - and the more pedestrian Frida). And the arranger-producers of the 33 songs include T Bone Burnett, who turned the old-timey country music of O Brother, Where Art Thou? into a platinum CD treasure...