Springfield Shakespeare at the Columns, in partnership with Actors Theatre of Missouri, Rice Theatricals, and The Dangerous Playground, presents William Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" in the auditorium at the Springfield Art Museum, 1111 E. Brookside Drive adjacent to Phelps Grove Park. This is a rare opportunity for local theatergoers to see an early, lesser-known Shakespeare work—his first tragic play, in fact. Bryant Turnage directs the production, which will offer six FREE performances this weekend and next. Being his first tragedy, says Turnage, “you can see Shakespeare cutting his teeth. We decided to set it post-World War One, because the play itself is about a triumphant general returning to Rome and dealing with the aftermath of a horrible war, the loss of a generation of people, and how he deals with the political in-fighting of who is going to take over the Emperorship (of Rome), what the conquered people think of that, and how it reflects on him, his honor and his family.
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