Titus Andronicus / edited by Jonathan Bate.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-349) and index.

"Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful in his lifetime. Subsequent generations have struggled with its bold confrontation of violence but in the 20th and 21st centuries the play has chimed with audiences again, perhaps because of its simultaneously shocking and playful approach to violent revenge and bodily mutilation. Jonathan Bate's original Arden edition was first published in 1995 and has had a significant influence on how the play has been performed and studied in the past 20 years. This revised edition includes a new 10,000 word introductory essay in which Bate reassess his views on the play's co-authorship with George Peele in the light of contemporary textual scholarship and updates his lively account of the play's performance history, on the international stage and screen. With detailed on-page commentary notes this will continue to be the edition of choice for students, scholars and theatre-makers." -- Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note: The dramatic achievement -- The theatrical life -- Origins -- Establishing the text -- Reconsiderations and reinventions -- Reconsiderations: the hand of George Peele -- Collaboration or revision? -- Company history -- Classicism and spectacle in Peele -- Further revisions -- Reinventions on the world stage -- Titus: a film by Julie Taymor -- TITUS ANDRONICUS -- Appendix: Patterns and precedents -- Abbreviations and references -- Typographic conventions used in text -- Abbreviations used in notes -- Shakespeare's works -- Modern productions cited -- Editions of Shakespeare collated -- Other works.