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 ...

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an ...

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 ...

At any given time, a Shakespeare play is probably onstage in the D.C. metro region, but it’s rarely “Coriolanus.” And perhaps that’s a mistake. The production of “Coriolanus” at Silver Spring Stage ...

Motoring on through the text at speed, this Coriolanus is mostly exasperated, progressing to all-out fury once his exasperation peaks. As an exemplar of the virtuous man of arms, he is possibly ...

After Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses again the ancient Rome to speak to the England of his day. The tragedy of Coriolanus, inspired by Plutarch, transform the political conflict ...

A drumbeat pounds as combat boots march quickly through the room to stand on the bottom two steps, one person on each. Soon, the shouts begin. The Roman commoners are hungry. They demand corn. And ...