Titus Andronicus - Episode 3 - The Better You Love Me

Please be advised: This episode contains graphic sounds of sexual violence and may be inappropriate or triggering for some listeners.

Marcus, Titus and his remaining three sons assemble outside the Roman forest at dawn, preparing for the morning hunt. Titus warns them all to be careful around the new emperor, Saturninus, before he arrives with his newly-crowned Empress Tamora, Bassianus, Lavinia and Tamora’s sons (Chiron and Demetrius). As they depart into the woods, Chiron and Demetrius plan to use the chaos of the hunt to assault Lavinia. Deep in the forest, Aaron the Moor buries a bag of gold under a tree as part of a plot to frame Titus’s sons. Tamora finds him there and tries to seduce him but Aaron holds her off, telling her he is focused on revenge and death for Bassianus and Lavinia. He gives Tamora a letter he forged to help incriminate Titus’s sons. Bassianus and Lavinia stumble upon the couple and threaten to tell Saturninus about their affair. Chiron and Demetrius arrive and kill Bassianus, throwing his body into a nearby pit. The brothers then carry Lavinia away to rape and murder her. Shortly afterward, Aaorn tricks Titus’s youngest sons, Martius and Quintus, luring them to the pit where Bassianus’s body has been thrown. They fall in and discover the corpse. Aaron then leads Saturninus to the pit, where he finds his brother’s body along with the buried gold and the forged letter. Titus begs for a fair trial but Saturninus ignores him and orders Martius and Quintus arrested and imprisoned for execution.

CREDITS:

The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TITUS ANDRONICUS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by AMY FREED. All episodes were directed by DANNY SCHEIE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.

 

Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND

 

This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.

 

The cast is as follows:

 

JAMES CARPTENER                          as    TITUS ANDRONICUS