“This is tragedy naked, godless, and unconfined” - Kenneth Tynan

A bitter Roman general returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest son in memory of his own sons who were killed in battle, he provokes the endless resentment of the queen. And when she gains power through her marriage to Rome's new emperor, she quickly begins to plot a deadly revenge with almost indescribable cruelty, in Shakespeare's first and most fiercely bloody tragedy.

Used and recommended by the National Theatre
General Editor: Stanley Wells
Editing: Sonia Massai
Introduction: Jacques Berthoud

Pages: 288, Dimensions: 13x13 cm