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Revenge Tragedies
Course Description
URCHIN (shrugs). I was in a play. They cut my head off in Titus Andronicus. When I write plays, they will be like Titus.
WILL (pleased). You admire it?
The Urchin nods grimly.
URCHIN. I liked it when they cut heads off. And the daughter mutilated with knives.
WILL. Oh. What's your name?
URCHIN. John Webster. Here, kitty kitty.
Because a stray cat is nearby. The cat shows an interest. The Urchin passes a white mouse to the cat and watches the result with sober interest.
URCHIN (Cont'd). Plenty of blood. That is the only writing.
(from: Marc Norman/Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love)
... So shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgements, casual slaughters,
Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,
And, in this upshot, purposes mistook
Fall'n on the inventors' heads.
(Shakespeare, Hamlet)
Required Reading:
- Stevie Simkin. Revenge Tragedy. A Casebook. (Palgrave Macmillan 2001).
- Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
- Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus (Arden Ed.)
- Tourneur, The Revenger's Tragedy
- Webster, The White Devil
- Middleton/Rowley, The Changeling
Prerequisites:
Requirements for credit:
Registration:
To register, please send an e-mail to PD Voigts-Virchow before 15 September, stating your name, semester standing, and subjects. Participation is limited to 30 students!
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Revenge Tragedy