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THE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS |
by William Shakespeare |
Dramatis Personae |
SATURNINUS, son to the late Emperor of Rome, afterwards Emperor |
BASSIANUS, brother to Saturninus |
TITUS ANDRONICUS, a noble Roman |
MARCUS ANDRONICUS, Tribune of the People, and brother to Titus |
Sons to Titus Andronicus: |
LUCIUS |
QUINTUS |
MARTIUS |
MUTIUS |
YOUNG LUCIUS, a boy, son to Lucius |
PUBLIUS, son to Marcus Andronicus |
Kinsmen to Titus: |
SEMPRONIUS |
CAIUS |
VALENTINE |
AEMILIUS, a noble Roman |
Sons to Tamora: |
ALARBUS |
DEMETRIUS |
CHIRON |
AARON, a Moor, beloved by Tamora |
A CAPTAIN |
A MESSENGER |
A CLOWN |
TAMORA, Queen of the Goths |
LAVINIA, daughter to Titus Andronicus |
A NURSE, and a black CHILD |
Romans and Goths, Senators, Tribunes, Officers, Soldiers, and |
Attendants |
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SCENE: |
Rome and the neighbourhood |
ACT 1. SCENE I. |
Rome. Before the Capitol |
Flourish. Enter the TRIBUNES and SENATORS aloft; and then enter below |
SATURNINUS and his followers at one door, and BASSIANUS and his followers |
at the other, 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 first born son that was the last |
That ware the imperial diadem of Rome; |
Then let my father's honours live in me, |
Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. |
BASSIANUS. Romans, friends, followers, favourers 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 dishonour 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. |
Enter MARCUS ANDRONICUS aloft, with the crown |
MARCUS. 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, surnamed Pius |
For many good and great deserts to Rome. |
A nobler man, a braver warrior, |
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