Caius martius coriolanus star and director ralph fiennes is a feared and revered roman general, suddenly pitted against his own city and fellow citizens. Political manipulation, fallen heroes, and revenge meet center stage in. Shakespeare set coriolanus in two powerful ancient cities, rome and antium, the volscian capitol. His tragedy coriolanus was probably written around 160507, and dramatizes the rise and fall of a great roman general, caius martius later surnamed coriolanus because of his military victory at corioli. Get more from coriolanus including an exclusive audio commentary from josie rourke, tom hiddleston and other members of the cast in the digital programme. National theatre lives 2014 broadcast of the donmar warehouses production of coriolanus returns to cinemas by popular demand shakespeares searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, coriolanus features an evening standard awardwinning performance from tom hiddleston the avengers, war horse film, bbcs the hollow crown in the title role, directed by the donmars.
Caius martius coriolanus ralph fiennes, a revered and feared roman general is at odds with the city of rome and his fellow citizens. In 2012, national theatre wales produced a composite of shakespeares coriolanus with bertolt brechts coriolan, entitled coriolanus, in a disused hangar at mod st athan. The cookie settings on this website are set to allow all cookies. Tom hiddleston in coriolanus and gillian anderson in a streetcar named desire. The easiest way into this confusing play is politics, and for this reason journalists often cite the coriolanus effect to describe the difficulties of a military figure turned politician. Coriolanus, presented by national theatre live showtimes. Project gutenberg offers 61,786 free ebooks to download. Sir ian murray mckellen, born 1939, burnley, england. Coriolanus is a difficult, masterful, historically unpopular play.
Admissions and tours find information about museum and cadzan admission and tours including private places, art after 5, and 3day passes hours, directions, and parking follow these directions to come by car, bus, bike, or plane. Coriolanus william shakespeare 1564 1616 shakespeare was passionately interested in the history of rome, as is evident from plays like titus andronicus, julius caesar, and antony and cleopatra. Each production will be available for free for one week on the national theatre s youtube channel. Manipulated and outmaneuvered by politicians and even his own mother volumnia, coriolanus is banished. In fact, this play shows us that running a political campaign is a lot like producing a stage play. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother volumnia vanessa redgrave of howards end, mission. Set in 1860s bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional relationship that develops between the king of siam and anna, a british schoolteacher whom the king brings to teach his many wives and children.
Ian mckellen coriolanus in coriolanus by shakespeare directed by peter hall at the olivier theatre, national theatre nt, london in 1984. This play is unusual in that it provides a strong voice for the ordinary citizens of rome, who begin the play rioting about the high price of food, and who continually clash with coriolanus because of his contempt for plebians. Coriolanus 1607 scenes 28 total complete text act i. Coriolanus is a man of immense pride, and he is fatally attached to his roman values.
The royal national theatre is a registered charity no. Londons national theatre is streaming popular shows for free. The tragedy is one of the last two tragedies written by shakespeare, along with antony and cleopatra coriolanus is the name given to a roman general after his. National theatre to stream coriolanus with tom hiddleston. Apr 14, 2014 revisit famous quotes and discover images from the folger shakespeare library collection that depict characters and scenes from william shakespeares play. Download now from within the national theatre backstage app on the app store currently available for ipad and iphone a fast, witty, intelligent production. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Tom hiddleston betrayal, the avengers, the night manager plays the title role in shakespeares searing tragedy of. Hes fearless on the battlefield but in the pitfallladen world of politics, hes doomed by his contempt for the common people. Shakespeares searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge features an awardwinning performance from tom hiddleston the avengers, war horse film, bbcs the hollow crown in the title role, directed by donmar warehouse artistic director, josie rourke. The book offers indepth analyses of coriolanus productions covering the postwar era to the twentyfirst century, combining close readings of documents and historical contextualisation to productions by the bbc, the berliner ensemble, the katona jozsef theatre in communist hungary, the royal shakespeare company, britains national theatre.
The best of british theatre broadcast from the london stage to cinemas around the world. In coriolanus, shakespeare tells us over and over again that if you want to get elected to public office, youve got to have serious acting chopsbecause winning over voters involves a lot of lying and pretending. Its a small performance space with far less seats than the national theatre, creating a different sort of rome than the arenas one may be used to, but thats okay because coriolanus is a different sort of roman story. This is both a conspiratorial and combative theatre arena, ideal for illuminating shakespeares tense exploration of the exile and downfall of a oncevictorious warrior caius marcius who is put on a pedestal by his fellow citizens and redubbed coriolanus, but is exiled by them, too, when he seeks to overreach the powers that have been given to him. Though i havent yet seen this lear on stage at the national, id wager that the filmic very. A credible directorial debut from one of the industrys finest. The donmars small stage ensures both intimacy and immediacy. In shakespeares day, actors couldnt actually become politicians. He sets the play here because he is presenting the hero, coriolanus, divided between these two centres of power and what drama results from that. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Rent coriolanus 2011 starring ralph fiennes and gerard butler on dvd and bluray.
National theatre live will broadcast the donmar warehouses production of coriolanus, shakespeares searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with tom hiddleston thor, the avengers, war horse film, bbcs the hollow crown in the title role and mark gatiss seasons greetings at the national theatre, bbcs. With tom hiddleston, mark gatiss, hadley fraser, jacqueline boatswain. The donmars production starring tom hiddleston was a thriller in the cinema but it didnt need all the dvd. Mar 15, 2016 coriolanus the most political play in the canon, structured throughout around the collision between a military hero and a civilian society may have been the first play shakespeare wrote specifically for performance in the indoor blackfriars theatre, which the kings men acquired in 1608. Registered as a company limited by guarantee in england no. Cofounder of stonewall, gay rights activist, knighted in 1990, made a companion of honour 2007. At a time when you arent able to visit national theatre live venues or local theatres, were excited to bring you national theatre at home.
National theatre live will broadcast the donmar warehouses production of coriolanus, shakespeares searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge. Coriolanus, the hero of rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible selfbelief despises the people. Coriolanus also explores the questions of what makes someone a hero, and whether or not one can be both a hero and a real human. Coriolanus political advisors come off as nothing more than stage directors. Depicting a solitary patrician repeatedly pitted against angry crowds from the hungry. The donmar warehouses coriolanus, with tom hiddleston, alfred enoch, mark gatiss and deborah findlay, filmed by national theatre live, is streaming from 4 june each production will be available for free for one week on the national theatres youtube channel. Librivox recording of coriolanus by william shakespeare. Coriolanus travels to antium and seeks aufidiuss house, where a feast is in progress. But, as the programme points out, shakespeares epic roman play was probably first staged in the smallscale blackfriars. This donmar warehouse production was recorded through. Encore showing this sautrday, check your local theatre listings. Directed by mike brookes and mike pearson, the production used silent disco headsets to permit the text to be heard while the dramatic action moved throughout the large space.
This play is unusual in that it provides a strong voice for the ordinary citizens of rome, who begin the play rioting about the high price of. Coriolanus national theatre opening december 15, 1984. You can watch coriolanus as part of national theatre at home from thursday 4 june 7pm on the national theatre s youtube channel, then on demand for one week until thursday 11 june 7pm, but youll need. Everything you need to know to avoid any hassles getting here. From the team that created our startling version of aeschyluss the persians on the military training ranges of midwales, the story of caius martius coriolanus was reimagined in the era of 24hour news, of celebrity culture, and of a new global politics. Sep 04, 2017 coriolanus national theatre live nyu skirball opened its doors, leading people from the streets of new york city to the theatre of london for a screening of the stage play corionlanus, shakespeares most visceral work. Coriolanus, presented by national theatre live the loft cinema. Parents need to know that while it might be tempting to introduce teens to shakespeare with this movie coriolanus is adapted from one of the bards lesserknown plays the movies somewhat modern wartime setting means that theres lots of strong, bloody violence, including guns and shootings, knife fights, handtohand fights, and dead bodies. Coriolanus the most political play in the canon, structured throughout around the collision between a military hero and a civilian society may have been the first play shakespeare wrote specifically for performance in the indoor blackfriars theatre, which the kings men acquired in 1608. Originally expecting to see trailers for upcoming films as i waited for danny boyles tremendous frankenstein,i instead got the chance to see trailers for other national theatre live titles. In rome, the tribunes congratulate themselves, until they hear news that two vulcan armies are in the field.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing national theater live. Renouncing rome, coriolanus pledges allegiance to aufidius and offers to let aufidius slit his throat. Impossible to seek the exalted and powerful position of consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with. And indeed, in many ways coriolanus is eerily modern, and it reads almost like a 21stcentury political tragedy. Shakespeare was passionately interested in the history of rome, as is evident from plays like titus andronicus, julius caesar, and antony and cleopatra. Coriolanus national theatre live trailer starring tom hiddleston just wow, new coriolanus trailer. The play is based on the life of the legendary roman leader caius marcius coriolanus. Tom hiddleston prepares for coriolanus at donmar warehouse. Caius martius coriolanus ralph fiennes of harry potter franchise, the english patient, a revered and feared roman general is at odds with the city of rome and his fellow citizens. Download now from within the national theatre backstage app on the. The tragedy of coriolanus by william shakespeare free ebook. Discussion of themes and motifs in william shakespeares coriolanus.
This house, by james graham quiz and filmed by national theatre live, is streaming from 28 may. Read on for all the details, and see each coriolanus setting on the map below. He is uncompromising in his values, and he believes politics and acting are lying and dishonest, so he refuses to take part in them. His tragedy coriolanus was probably written around 160507, and dramatizes the rise and fall of a great roman general, caius martius later surnamed coriolanus because of his military. Political manipulation, fallen heroes, and revenge meet center stage in this rarelyproduced, intense tragedy. Download now from within the national theatre backstage app on the app store currently available for ipad and iphone. This donmar warehouse production was recorded through national theatre live on 30th january. Rebelling against the powerhungry designs of his manipulative mother vanessa redgrave and rejected by his own people, coriolanus incites a riot that expels him from rome. Caius martius coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back. Coriolanus national theatre opening december 15, 1984 fully illustrated in color. Caius martius coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his. Blood bath film heartthrob tom hiddleston proves that having classical theater training pays off.
Rent coriolanus 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Coriolanus is a tense and violent political wartime thriller which makes shakespeare not only accessible but utterly captivating. Coriolanus, like timon of athens, is one of the darker late plays and is especially timely, a point underscored by the illuminating company interviews that precede the performance. Coriolanus, presented by national theatre live the loft.
So when peter hall showed interest in my working for him at the national theatre, only half an hour by car from home, this seemed preferable and i agreed to do three plays over a year or so. This stunning production by genredefying director robert lepage explores the ageold tensions that still tear at the heart of democracy. The donmar warehouses coriolanus, with tom hiddleston, alfred enoch, mark gatiss and deborah findlay, filmed by national theatre live, is streaming from 4 june. See more ideas about shakespeare, shakespeare plays and william shakespeare. Coriolanus national theatre opening december 15, 1984 fully illustrated in color programme research and written by tim goodwin on. National theatre live will broadcast the donmar warehouses production of coriolanus, shakespeares searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with tom hiddleston the avengers, war horse film, bbcs the hollow crown in the title role and mark gatiss seasons greetings at the national theatre, bbcs. One of these turned out to be coriolanus so i apologised to the rsc and after venice preservd and wild honey were on, renewed my partnership with peter. Tips and policies plan ahead to make the most of your visit.
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