There are some plays that have only a few onstage deaths (Richard III has only 2 onstage but MANY offstage). What play has the highest total death toll?
2007-10-09 15:29:03 · 6 answers · asked by Sean R 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Only according to the script. I know Shakespeare has a few plays that are centered around a battle, but I am looking for the highest character death toll as written in the script.
2007-10-10 00:32:06 · update #1
it is Titus the body count is as follows
SATURNINUS
BASSIANUS
TABUS
MUTIUS
ALARBUS
DEMETRIUS
CHIRON
TAMORA
A Nurse
and LAVINIA is raped and has her hands chopped off and tongue cut out
TITUS also cuts off his own hand
2007-10-10 06:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by shakesdesign 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Henry V", is a based on a war fought on St. Crispian's Day. Many lives were lost. Also King Richard III was filled with death. Hamlet is a tragedy because all of the main characters die in the play. The people who posted have that portion right however war trumps family tragedy.
I am an English teacher. Good luck and look those plays up on your search engine. Whoops it's Titus Andronicus not a popular play but very bloody.
2007-10-09 23:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by Creole38 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Titus Andronicus is Shakespeare's most violent and bloodiest play, though the word blood is mentioned most often in macbeth.
2007-10-10 00:18:45 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm not a shakespeare expert, but i'd have to go with Hamlet (after seeing a couple of the movies lol)
2007-10-09 22:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by nascarmommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, that depends on the director's staging of the battle scenes--there could be bodies all over the place, but i think it has to be Hamlet
2007-10-09 22:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think hamlet has a bunch of deaths.
http://library.thinkquest.org/19539/hamlet.htm
2007-10-09 22:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋