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Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon! on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen! he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins! Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet! Shakespeare’s only son! died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London! where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet! but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford! where he died in 1616! others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death. Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library! Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly ! and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing. Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays. Klappentext FOLGER Shakespeare LibraryThe world's leading centerfor Shakespeare studiesEach edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play - Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play - Scene-by-scene plot summaries - A key to famous lines and phrases - An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language - An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play - Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books Essay by Alexander Leggatt The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington! D.C.! is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works! and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year! the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information! visit www.folger.edu. TITUS ANDRONICUS: ACT 1 Scene 1 Flourish. l Enter the Tribunes (including Marcus Andronicus) and Senators aloft. And then enter, Saturninus and his followers at one door, and Bassianus and his followers with Drums, and Trumpets. Saturninus Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the justice of my cause with arms. And countrymen, my loving followers, Plead my successive title with your swords. I am his firstborn son that was the last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. Then let my father's honors live in me, Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. Bassianus Romans, friends, followers, favorers of my right, If ever Bassianus, Caesar's son, Were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome, Keep, then, this passage to the Capitol, And suffer not dishonor to approach The imperial seat, to virtue consecrate, To justice, continence, and nobility; But let desert in pure election shine, And, Romans, fight for freedom in your choice. Marcus, (stepping forward and holding up the crown) Princes that strive by factions and by friends Ambitiously for rule and empery, Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stand A special party, have by common voice, In election for the Roman empery, Chosen Andronicus, surnamèd Pius For many good and great deserts to Rome....
