RSC Live: Coriolanus

RSC Live: Coriolanus (2017)

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.

Director: Angus Jackson

Casts

	Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù 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
	Jackie Morrison as Sicinius Veletus/Roman Soldier
	Katherine Toy as Valeria/Roman Soldier/Roman Citizen

Crew