Beneath its simplistic plot of a war hero’s political elevation and then rejection, his revenge and demise, Coriolanus is ...

open image in gallery David Oyelowo (Coriolanus) in ‘Coriolanus' at the National Theatre (Misan Harriman) His mother feels differently. When Oyelowo was born, she had a prophecy that her son ...

He began discussing plans with Turner of taking on the tragedy of Coriolanus, and National Theatre artistic director ... both ...

The main character in Coriolanus, which is on at the National Theatre in London, is what we would nowadays call a fascist. He respects very little in the field of human endeavour outside of ...

In the opening scene, a bronze statue of Rome’s legendary founders Romulus and Remus is daubed with protestors’ red paint; by the end, Coriolanus himself is destined to be commemorated as an ...

It’s a bit of a risk to put a lesser-known Shakespeare play with a vaguely comical name in the National Theatre’s massive ... with a cinematic polish we see Coriolanus, played by David Oyelowo ...

Beneath its simplistic plot of a war hero’s political elevation and then rejection, his revenge and demise, Coriolanus is a nuanced exploration ... Video, so often a foreground technique in theatre ...