Bare-Knuckle Politics: The battle-hardened Roman general Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) runs for office at the urging of his mother (Vanessa Redgrave) — but it turns out he's no booster of majority rule.
Having doubts about William Shakespeare’s relevance to present-day politics? “Coriolanus” will quickly dispatch those. Returned home from victory in battle, Roman general Caius Martius is persuaded to ...
Jonathan Cake and Kate Burton star in the Central Park production of Shakespeare's lesser-known, politically resonant tragedy 'Coriolanus.' By Frank Scheck The new Shakespeare in the Park production ...
Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays; perhaps because the hero is so pugnacious and classist, impressive in his strident vehemence, but lacking the vulnerability of a Macbeth or ...
Tom Hiddleston in CORIOLANUS. Photo by Johan Persson. London's Donmar Warehouse presents CORIOLANUS, running now through February 8, 2014. Josie Rourke directs Shakespeare's searing tragedy of ...
A staccato drum beat. A stone, gray set. The nobles stand a body-length above the people. The people are hungry and shouting for corn. The nobility looks on in disdain. Coriolanus’ ancient Rome is ...