Shakespeare Magazine ~ Winter 2000

Shakespeare
Volume 4, Issue 1
WINTER 2000

Titus Andronicus

NEWS ON THE RIALTO
A compendium of courses, conferences, and theatre performances around the world.

TEACHING SHAKESPEARE

In Defense of
Titus Andronicus
Robert Young finds in Titus a gateway to the rest of Shakespeare's work.

Dear Parents, We Live with Violence
Mary Mastandrea prepares parents of her high school students for Titus Andronicus.

Shakespeare
Plugged In
Sean Cavazos-Kottke lays out a well-reasoned plan for how to use web technology to teach Shakespeare.

INTERVIEW

One Concept, Four Hamlets, One Play
Michael Tolaydo interviews Joe Banno, the director who came up with the idea of having Hamlet played by four actors.

MY FAVORITE PRODUCTION
In a new series, Shakespeare scholars name their favorite Shakespeare production and describe its splendors.

Shakespeare Magazine ~ Volume 4, Issue 1
Jessica Lange plays the sexy, sly, vengeful
Queen Tamora in Julie Taymor's new film Titus

FEATURED ARTICLES

O Brave New World and All the Shakespeare In It
Shakespeare editors, teachers, scholars, and theatre professionals make predictions about how we will teach Shakespeare in the future.

Julie Taymor's Titus
The director of Broadway's The Lion King has tackled Shakespeare's most macabre tragedy.

It is precisely these characteristics that fascinated and convinced me that the play was ripe for adaptation to film, speaking directly to our times. Today's audiences feed daily on tabloid sex scandals, teenage gang rape, high-school gun sprees, and the private details of a celebrity murder trial. Racism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide have almost ceased to shock by being so commonplace. The ferocious, cynical, and wickedly witty voice of the young Shakespeare has created a condemning dissertation on this addiction to violence. It is rare to find a film or play that not only reflects the dark events but turns them inside out, probing and challenging our fundamental believes about morality and justice. Titus is not a neat or safe story where goodness triumphs over evil but one in which, through its relentless horror, the undeniable poetry of human tragedy emerges in full force, demanding that we examine the very root of violence and judge its various acts.

BROADSHEET
Experience the evil of Shakespeare's most malevolent character.

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