RSC Live: Coriolanus

October. 11,2017      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome.Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. In this new city state struggling to find its feet, where the gap between rich and poor is widening every day, Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie.Rome Season Director, Angus Jackson, completes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s collection of Shakespeare’s Roman plays with a visceral production which sees Sope Dirisu (One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse, 2016) take on the title role.

Sope Dirisu as  Caius Martius Coriolanus
Charles Aitken as  Cominius
Tony Boncza as  Roman Citizen/Roman Soldier/Volscian Senator
James Corrigan as  Aufidius
Haydn Gwynne as  Volumnia
Paul Jesson as  Menenius
Martina Laird as  Junius Brutus/Roman Soldier
Hannah Morrish as  Virgilia/Volscian Soldier