RSC Live Titus Andronicus

The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeareas most bloody play Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder Rape cannibalism and severed body parts fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society Shakespeareas gory revenge tragedy presents us with murder as entertainment and as the body count piles up poses questions about the nature of sexuality family class and society