Introduction

Coriolanus is a 2019 adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Coriolanus, directed by Barry Avrich and Robert Lepage and starring Andre Sills, who plays the titular character.

Roman War hero Martius, alias Coriolanus, is named consul, Rome’s highest public office. But the warrior is no politician – and he faces unaccustomed enemies who fan the flames of populism against him, with catastrophic results.

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Outline

Although renowned as a fearless military leader, Caius Martius is unpopular among the plebeians, the common people of Rome, who resent his arrogance and equate him with the patrician elite whom they believe to be responsible for the current food shortage.

Martius in turn despises the plebeians as cowardly, fickle and untrustworthy. For his extraordinary heroism in defeating the Volsces, enemies of Rome, and capturing the Volscian city of Corioles, Martius is honoured with the name of Coriolanus; he is also prevailed upon by his friends, and by his strong-willed mother, to run for consul, Rome’s highest public office.

But the warrior is no politician – and he faces unaccustomed enemies in the form of two tribunes of the people, Sicinius Velutus and Junius Brutus, who fan the flames of populism against him, with catastrophic results.

Cast

• Graham Abbey … Tullus Aufidius.
• Michael Blake … Cominius.
• Farhang Ghajar.
• Tom McCamus … Menenius Agrippa.
• Stephen Ouimette … Junius Brutus.
• Lucy Peacock … Volumnia.
• Andre Sills … Coriolanus.

Trivia

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Other Versions

• Coriolanus (1965).
• Coriolanus (1979).
• The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984).
• Coriolanus (2011).
• Coriolanus (2014).
• Coriolanus (2019).

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Barry Avrich and Robert Lepage.
• Producer(s): Barry Avrich and Susan Edwards.
• Writer(s): William Shakespeare (original play).
• Music:
• Cinematography:
• Editor(s): George Roulston.
• Production: Melbar Entertainment Group.
• Distributor(s): Stratford Festival.
• Release Date: 19 March 2019.
• Running time: 170 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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