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"When will this fearful slumber have an end?"
Titus Andronicus: The Complete Play in Five Acts
A Shakespeare Recording Society Production
Titus Andronicus is William Shakespeare's harrowing vision of unending vengeance. After defeating the Goths in battle, Titus Andronicus returns to Rome only to be cold-bloodedly deceived and barbarically tormented by his enemies. This sets in motion an unceasing, seemingly unstoppable spiral of horrific violence and retribution. Vibrantly relevant to our times, Titus Andronicus is one of the most haunting of Shakespeare's plays and a powerful listening experience.
Cast: Michael Hordern, Anthony Quayle, Maxine Audley, Colin Blakely, Charles Gray, Jack Gwillim, Alan Howard, John Moffatt, Judi Dench, Michael Meacham, Richard Brooke, Stephen Moore, James Cairncross, Christopher Guinee, John Dane, Rosalind Atkinson, and Trevor Martin
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“In…Titus Andronicus we come to understand—perhaps more than by looking at any other Shakespeare play—the nature of his genius: he gave an inner awareness to passions; cruelty ceased to be merely physical. Shakespeare discovered the moral hell. He discovered heaven as well. But he remained on earth.”
— Jan Kott, political activist, critic, and theater theoretician
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“[The most] relevant of Shakespeare’s plays for the modern era.”
— Julie Taymor
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About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.
About the Narrators
Sir Michael Hordern (1911–1995) was an acclaimed English actor of stage and screen. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London, and he starred in over a hundred films and television shows. Throughout his career he earned a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and was knighted by the Queen of England for his services to the performing arts.
Dame Judi Dench, one of the foremost actors of our day, has won numerous major awards for her work on both stage and screen, including an Academy Award, ten BAFTAs, and a record eight Laurence Olivier Awards. In recognition of her many achievements she received an OBE in 1970, became a DBE in 1988, and in 2005 was awarded a Companion of Honour.