Titus Andronicus is said to be Shakespere's bloodiest play. I did not know that when I got us tickets for the groundlings at the Globe Theater. The Globe theater is a reproduction of the original in the original location.
It was bloody--I had to look away numerous times or I thought I would be sick from the blood pouring out of the mouth of Titus' raped and mutilated daughter. We later learned that 4 people had fainted from this the day before and they were now issuing advisories about the violence in the play. Read more about it at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a4ReAuLgBXY0&refer=culture
We complaign about the vilolence of our modern entertainment--this has been entertaining people for generations.
It may have been bloody, raw and violent but it is an experience that I will remember.
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