RSC Live: Coriolanus

RSC Live: Coriolanus (2017) is a film directed by Angus Jackson.

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.

Cast

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Caius Martius Coriolanus

Charles Aitken

Cominius

Tony Boncza

Roman Citizen/Roman Soldier/Volscian Senator

James Corrigan

Aufidius

Haydn Gwynne

Volumnia

Paul Jesson

Menenius

Martina Laird

Junius Brutus/Roman Soldier

Hannah Morrish

Virgilia/Volscian Soldier

Jackie Morrison

Sicinius Veletus/Roman Soldier

Katherine Toy

Valeria/Roman Soldier/Roman Citizen