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A Shakespeare Commentary by Heiner Muller
In a powerful new co-production with Queensland Theatre Company, Michael Gow directs an extraordinary work, Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome, a reworking of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus by German playwright and director, Heiner Müller.
Set in Rome in the aftermath of war between the Romans and the Goths, Titus Andronicus, an honourable war general, returns to his home only to find himself caught in a sordid web of unrest and upheaval on both political and personal fronts. As Titus moves from triumph to tragedy through the shattering consequences of revenge, the message of the futility of war is resounding. A tale of grim, grinding brutality with revenge at its dark heart, this is a sharply political work that speaks as much to the contemporary polemic as to Ancient Rome.
Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome, starring John Bell as Titus, is a production of breathtaking theatrical power.
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