*nods* I can understand losing track of each and every death, what will all that killing going around. During the interval, cheshcat and I had to confer to figure out who still needed to die. In the current RSC production, five deaths happen before the interval; we spent a good chunk of time working out the remaining nine. Like you said, lots of killing! :-D
It's also possible that the production you saw condensed that part and had Titus kill the clown. I wouldn't know, of course! Directorial choices sometimes do things like that. Earlier this year, we saw a production of Richard III at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol that was very good... except that they had chosen to omit Margaret entirely from the play!
I double checked, though, and it is indeed Saturninus who kills the clown, being displeased with the message he delivers from Titus. Here (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/titus/section6.rhtml) is a quick synopsis.
Hope all is well with you! Any chance that you will be swinging by Oxford again anytime soon?
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Date: 2013-07-05 09:35 am (UTC)It's also possible that the production you saw condensed that part and had Titus kill the clown. I wouldn't know, of course! Directorial choices sometimes do things like that. Earlier this year, we saw a production of Richard III at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol that was very good... except that they had chosen to omit Margaret entirely from the play!
I double checked, though, and it is indeed Saturninus who kills the clown, being displeased with the message he delivers from Titus. Here (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/titus/section6.rhtml) is a quick synopsis.
Hope all is well with you! Any chance that you will be swinging by Oxford again anytime soon?