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CORIOLANUS
“Think with thyself / How more unfortunate than all living women / Are we come hither, since at thy sight, which should / Make our eyes flow with joy, hearts dance with comforts, / Constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrow; / Making the mother, wife and child to see / The son, the husband and the father tearing / His country’s bowels out;”
- Volumnia, Coriolanus Act 5 Scene 3
A seldom-produced play, Coriolanus goes like this: a young Roman Republic is on the brink of collapse, faced with rioting Plebeians and a warring enemy tribe, the Volsces. Amid this conflict, the talented Roman soldier Caius Martius is honored for valiant service in the war and earns the name Coriolanus. Having defeated his Volscian rival, Tullus Aufidius, he returns home to his family and runs for consul. However, his pride and arrogance prevent him from getting the peoples’ approval, and Coriolanus is eventually banished from Rome, only to ally himself with the Volsces in revenge. Coriolanus’ friends plead with him to spare Rome, but to no avail. Finally, his mother, wife, and son come to him and beg for their lives. The proud soldier relents, promising to spare Rome. Enraged by Coriolanus’ mercy, Aufidius kills him.
current projects
CORIOLANUS
“Think with thyself / How more unfortunate than all living women / Are we come hither, since at thy sight, which should / Make our eyes flow with joy, hearts dance with comforts, / Constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrow; / Making the mother, wife and child to see / The son, the husband and the father tearing / His country’s bowels out;”
- Volumnia, Coriolanus Act 5 Scene 3
A seldom-produced play, Coriolanus goes like this: a young Roman Republic is on the brink of collapse, faced with rioting Plebeians and a warring enemy tribe, the Volsces. Amid this conflict, the talented Roman soldier Caius Martius is honored for valiant service in the war and earns the name Coriolanus. Having defeated his Volscian rival, Tullus Aufidius, he returns home to his family and runs for consul. However, his pride and arrogance prevent him from getting the peoples’ approval, and Coriolanus is eventually banished from Rome, only to ally himself with the Volsces in revenge. Coriolanus’ friends plead with him to spare Rome, but to no avail. Finally, his mother, wife, and son come to him and beg for their lives. The proud soldier relents, promising to spare Rome. Enraged by Coriolanus’ mercy, Aufidius kills him.
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CORIOLANUS
“Think with thyself / How more unfortunate than all living women / Are we come hither, since at thy sight, which should / Make our eyes flow with joy, hearts dance with comforts, / Constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrow; / Making the mother, wife and child to see / The son, the husband and the father tearing / His country’s bowels out;”
- Volumnia, Coriolanus Act 5 Scene 3