The first half is satire, the second a string of increasingly ferocious curses from a cave outside Athens — some of the darkest and funniest invective Shakespeare wrote. A rough diamond for readers interested in money, friendship, and what each pretends to be.
Timon of Athens on screen
1Timon of Athens (1981)
TV film · dir. Jonathan Miller
BBC Television Shakespeare
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