Coriolanus

by William Shakespeare

Overview

The play opens in Rome shortly after the expulsion of the Tarquin kings. There are riots in progress, after stores of grain were withheld from ordinary citizens. The rioters are particularly angry at Caius Marcius, a brilliant Roman general whom they blame for the loss of their grain. The rioters encounter a patrician named Menenius Agrippa, as well as Caius Marcius himself. Menenius tries to calm the rioters, while Marcius is openly contemptuous, and says that the plebeians were not worthy of the grain because of their lack of military service.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975952815
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/31/2017
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Sean San José is a Bay Area theater maker, performer, director, and producer. He is the artistic director of Magic Theatre, and a cofounder and current program director of the new performances group Campo Santo.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Kittredge Edition
Introduction to the Focus Edition
Coriolanus
How to Read Coriolanus as Performance
Timeline
Topics for Discussion and Further Study
Bibliography

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FIVE STARS. Ralph Fiennes has done something truly mighty with his first turn behind the camera. A pounding, modern take on Shakespeare’s most chestthumpingly bellicose tragedy…by ace adapter John Logan. Ralph Fiennes rages into battle like an ambulatory Marlon Brando from Apocalypse Now.

Joshua Rothkopf

"Sensational and gripping! Vanessa Redgrave is one of the world’s greatest actresses, and director-star Ralph Fiennes and writer John Logan tell a damn good story!"

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