LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1Rory Kinnear as Vindice in the opening scene of The Revenger’s Tragedy, dir. Melly Still, National Theatre, 2008. © Johan Persson / ArenaPAL

2Rory Kinnear with the ‘country lady’ (a puppet topped with the skull of Gloriana) in 3.5 of The Revenger’s Tragedy, dir. Melly Still, National Theatre, 2008. © Johan Persson / ArenaPAL

3Christopher Eccleston as Vindici, holding the skull of Gloriana in Revengers Tragedy, dir. Alex Cox, 2002. Screengrab by permission of Alex Cox.

4Stephanie Brittain as the sexualized Castiza embraces Eileen O’Brien as Gratiana at the Manchester Royal Exchange, dir. Jonathan Moore, 2008. Photograph by Jonathan Keenan.

5Paula James as Gratiana praying fervently for forgiveness in Lazarus Theatre Company’s London fringe production, dir. Gavin Harrington-Odedra, 2015. Photograph by Adam Trigg.