Clowning

New adaptation of Titus Andronicus involves clowns and comedy

By: Tessa Perkins Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus gets a whole new treatment in Colleen Murphy’s new work produced by Rumble Theatre and developed with the assistance of Bard on the Beach. The Bard’s gory tragedy, which includes multiple deaths, sexual assault, severed heads and hands, a live burial, and cannibalism is not exactly a cheerful play. The Society for the Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius, however, is a retelling that fuses it with contemporary dialogue and an element of humour with clowns performing in the French bouffon style.      The Society for the Destitute is a group of five bouffoon-style clowns…

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