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By Candace Carter
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March 31, 2014
Shakespeare on the Lawn, a group of actors, designers and tech crew members dedicated to performing Shakespeare’s historically vibrant and emotional works, excelled at breaking down the barriers between actor and audience in their rendition of “Titus Andronicus” this past weekend.
“A lot of people say [Titus Andronicus] is Shakespeare’s Tarantino phase,” said director Charles Eckman, a fourth-year Engineering student, referring to the play’s heavy violence and action.
One of Shakespeare’s less-popular plays, “Titus Andronicus” is a statement on the volatility of human nature, justifying acts of sex violence, and madness under overarching themes of revenge, honor and deceit.
The title character, a great Roman war hero, returns home to find political turmoil has sent the Roman nobility into an uproar.