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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 PATRICK KERR                                   as    MARCUS ANDRONICUS CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI  as    TAMORA JORDAN BARBOUR                               as    BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS DANNY SCHEIE                                   as    SATURNINUS BRUCE YOUNG                                   as    AARON THE MOOR MARK H. DOLD                                    as    LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS JAMIE ANN ROMERO                             as    LAVINIA and THE NURSE JOMAR TAGATAC                                  as    DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS DEAN LINNARD                                   as    CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS MICHAEL GOODFRIEND                      as    PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS   Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).   The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.   Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucius berates his father for killing his own son, and Titus’s brother Marcus implores him to allow them to bury Mutius in the family tomb. Titus grudgingly agrees to it and tells Marcus that he hopes to prosper by Tamora’s sudden advancement, since he was the one who brought her to Rome. Assuming that Titus orchestrated her escape with Bassianus, Saturninus publicly rejects Lavinia before leaving to marry Tamora. After the wedding, Saturninus and Bassianus strike an uneasy peace. Bassianus tells Saturninus that Titus had no part in Lavinia’s abduction. Tamora also vouches for Titus’s innocence, then pulls Saturninus aside and tells him he must pardon Titus or risk the anger of the Roman people. She promises her new husband that she will find a way to get revenge on Titus and his family. Saturninus finally absolves Marcus, Titus and his remaining sons. Tamora reassures Bassianus and Lavinia that they need not fear punishment as long as they behave. As they leave to enjoy the double wedding feast, Titus invites Saturninus to a celebratory hunt the following morning. Outside the palace, Aaron the Moor walks alone during the festivities, ruminating on his love affair with Tamora. He revels in her new status as Empress, looking forward to the power he will wield through her. He comes across Tamora’s sons, Demetrius and Chiron, who are fighting each other over who gets dibs on Lavinia. Aaron breaks it up and tells them Lavinia has just married Bassianus. When he sees that the brothers don’t care and are determined to take Lavinia for themselves regardless, he encourages them to lure Lavinia away from the hunting party the next day and rape her together.  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 PATRICK KERR                                   as    MARCUS ANDRONICUS CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI  as    TAMORA JORDAN BARBOUR                               as    BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS DANNY SCHEIE                                   as    SATURNINUS BRUCE YOUNG                                   as    AARON THE MOOR MARK H. DOLD                                    as    LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS JAMIE ANN ROMERO                             as    LAVINIA and THE NURSE JOMAR TAGATAC                                  as    DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS DEAN LINNARD                                   as    CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS MICHAEL GOODFRIEND                      as    PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS   Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).   The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.   Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of the Emperor’s death, his two sons–Saturninus (the eldest) and Bassianus (the younger, more popular)--argue over who should rule Rome, as their armed supporters clash in the streets. The Tribune Marcus Andronicus (Titus’s brother) intervenes to stop the fight. He announces that the Roman people have chosen his brother, Titus Andronicus, to be the new Emperor because of his legendary military service. Titus enters in triumph with his four surviving sons, the bodies of his dead sons in coffins, and high-profile prisoners of war–including Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and her three sons. Titus refuses the crown due to his old age and instead endorses Saturninus, who becomes the new Emperor. Titus’s son, Lucius, demands that the eldest captive Goth prince, Alarbus, be sacrificed to appease the ghosts of Titus’s fallen sons. Tamora begs for her son’s life, but Titus insists on the brutal religious rite. Alarbus is dismembered and killed. Grieved and enraged, Tamora and her surviving sons swear revenge against Titus and his family. As a reward for his loyalty, Saturninus chooses to marry Titus’s daughter, Lavinia. However, Lavinia is already legally betrothed to Saturninus's rival brother, Bassianus. Saturninus abruptly changes course and decides to marry Tamora instead, making her the new Empress of Rome. With the help of Marcus and Titus’s sons, Bassianus escapes with Lavinia. Furious at what he views as family treason and disrespect toward the emperor, Titus kills his own son, Mutius, for letting Bassianus and Lavinia get away.  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 PATRICK KERR                                   as    MARCUS ANDRONICUS CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI  as    TAMORA JORDAN BARBOUR                               as    BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS DANNY SCHEIE                                   as    SATURNINUS BRUCE YOUNG                                   as    AARON THE MOOR MARK H. DOLD                                    as    LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS JAMIE ANN ROMERO                             as    LAVINIA and THE NURSE JOMAR TAGATAC                                  as    DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS DEAN LINNARD                                   as    CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS MICHAEL GOODFRIEND                      as    PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS   Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).   The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.   Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Chapter Podcasts presents Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy: a brutal revenge thriller that descends into a savage spiral of betrayal, mutilation and cannibalism, performed by an ensemble of America's most accomplished stage actors in a modern English verse translation by Amy Freed and directed by Danny Scheie. radio play by Catherine Eaton, with original sound design and composition by Lindsay Jones. “REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD.” 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 PATRICK KERR                                   as    MARCUS ANDRONICUS CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI  as    TAMORA JORDAN BARBOUR                               as    BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS DANNY SCHEIE                                   as    SATURNINUS BRUCE YOUNG                                   as    AARON THE MOOR MARK H. DOLD                                    as    LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS JAMIE ANN ROMERO                             as    LAVINIA and THE NURSE JOMAR TAGATAC                                  as    DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS DEAN LINNARD                                   as    CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS MICHAEL GOODFRIEND                      as    PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS   Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).   The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.   Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Labor Day, Play On Podcasts presents the pilot episode from our 11th series "Love's Labour's Lost". Listen to the full series and learn more here. The King of Navarre gathers together with his best friends (Longaville, Dumaine and Berowne) in the library at Howard University where he gets them to agree that they will devote themselves entirely to their studies without dating or indulging in food, drink or sleep for three full years. Berowne protests and reminds the King that the Princess of France is going to arrive soon to plead a case on behalf of her ailing father. The King promises to handle the situation and Berowne agrees to stick with his vow despite his reservations. They decide they’ll amuse themselves during their downtime by laughing at the antics of Don Adriano de Armado, a visiting scholar from Spain who is hilariously full of himself. Almost as soon as the King’s proclamation is issued, Sir Anthony Dull delivers a letter from Armado accusing Costard, a groundskeeper at Howard, of having an affair with Jaquenetta, a young lady who lives nearby. The King punishes Costard with a week of fasting on bread and water. Meanwhile, Armado confesses privately to his young friend and confidante, a Custodial Assistant named Moth, that he is painfully in love with Jaquenetta and vows to win her affections. The Play On Podcast series, “LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by JOSH WILDER. Each episode was directed by NELSON T. EUSEBIO the THIRD. The cast is as follows: RUSSELL G. JONES as THE KING OF NAVARRE and THE FORESTER MATTHEW ELIJAH WEBB as BEROWNE ASHLEY BRYANT as THE PRINCESS and JAQUENETTA TIFFANY RACHELLE STEWART as ROSALINE TONYA PINKINS as MARIA, HOLOFERNES, and HIEMS SHAWN RANDALL as COSTARD and DUMAINE BRANDON JONES as DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO and LONGAVILLE WALTER COPPAGE as MOTH, BOYET, DULL and MARCADE SARITA COVINGTON as LADY NATHANIEL and KATHARINE Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON Original Music and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES.  Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI.  Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH.  Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio.  Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES. The Play On Podcast Series “THE TEMPEST” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit ncpodcasts.com for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare. Hear more about the Play On Shakespeare Podcast series by subscribing to Play On Premium at ncpodcasts.com, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “We are such stuff as Dreams are made on”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices