Literature/William Shakespeare

Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare, c. 1592

Shakespeare’s tragedy of the Roman general Titus Andronicus, who returns from war with the captive Queen of the Goths, Tamora, and is drawn into a cycle of revenge with her and her sons.

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Act I

  1. Scene IRome. Before the Capitol

Act II

  1. Scene IRome. Before the palace
  2. Scene IIA Forest near Rome; a Lodge seen at a distance. Horns and cry of hounds heard
  3. Scene IIIA lonely part of the Forest
  4. Scene IVAnother part of the Forest

Act III

  1. Scene IRome. A street
  2. Scene IIRome. A Room in Titus’s House. A banquet set out

Act IV

  1. Scene IRome. Before Titus’s House
  2. Scene IIRome. A Room in the Palace
  3. Scene IIIRome. A public Place
  4. Scene IVRome. Before the Palace

Act V

  1. Scene IPlains near Rome
  2. Scene IIRome. Before Titus’s House
  3. Scene IIIRome. A Pavilion in Titus’s Gardens, with tables, &c