Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
Direction
Taymor merges fascist Rome with 1950s diners and it's somehow perfect.
Production
Production design that dares you to look away from the grotesque beauty.
Acting
Hopkins and Lange competing for who can go bigger. Nobody loses.
Director
Julie Taymor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Taymor called it 'a twentieth-century dream of Ancient Rome'—notice the motorcycles, pool tables, and fascist iconography mashed together.
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