First Nighter: "Titus Andronicus," "Antony and Cleopatra" Expand the Globe

LONDON, THE GLOBE--Scholars aren't certain when William Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus, although they favor 1593. They are more certain that it was considered his first major success. This says something about Elizabethan taste, since the play is such a non-stop blood bath. Whether it's the seminal revenge tragedy isn't clear. They didn't become prominent for another decade at least, and then it wasn't Shakespeare, moving on to his romances, who penned (quilled?) them. Nevertheless, Lucy Bai...