Rebecca Adusei discusses the complex and contradictory exploration of race and ethnicity offered by one of the playwright’s bloodiest tragedies

By Matt Elton

Published: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 14:00 PM


William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus is now chiefly remembered for its violence – yet, as Rebecca Adusei explores, it also offers complex, contradictory insights into the ways in which ethnicity and race were viewed in the 16th century.

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