`Titus Andronicus` was the young Shakespeare`s audacious, sporadically brilliant experiment in sensational tragedy. Its horrors are notorious, but its powerful poetry of grief is the work of a true tragic poet.

Introducing this edition, E.M.Waith provides a fresh view of the play in its historical context as well as an original discussion of the famous `Peacham` drawing - the only surviving contemporary Shakespeare illustration. An illustrated account of performances, notably Peter Brook`s production with Olivier as Titus, leads to an assessment of the play`s qualities in the light of its critical reception. The eighteenth - century version of the play"s probable source is given in one of the appendices. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare)