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Coriolanus

Synopsis
Video recording of the modern-dress production by the Almeida Theatre Company. Directed for stage by Jonathan Kent with Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
30 Sep 2000
Duration
174 mins

Credits

Director
Jonathan Kent
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Jonathan Dove
Production Design
Paul Brown
Cast
Ralph FiennesCaius Martius Coriolanus
Barbara JeffordVolumnia
Linus RoacheTullus Aufidius
Oliver Ford DaviesMenenius Agrippa
David BurkeCominius
Alan DavidSicinius Velutus
Angela DownValeria
Bernard GallagherJunius Brutus
Danielle KingGentlewoman
Emilia FoxVirgilia
Robert SwannTitus Lartius

Additional Details

Theatre
Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
Theatre company
Almeida Theatre Company
Production type
Stage Recordings
Historical period
Contemporary
Plays
Coriolanus
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Almeida. Jonathan Kent

Notes

History
First performed at the Gainsborough Studios, Shoreditch (14 June-22 July) alongside Richard II.
Reviews
Michael Dobson, Shakespeare Survey 54 (2001): pp246-82 (esp.255); Ben Brantley New York Times, 11 September 2000, p. 81,85.

Production Company

Name

Character Generators

Archive

Name

Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)

Email
toft@nypl.org
Web
http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
Phone
+ 1 (212) 870-1642
Fax
(212) 8701868
Address
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA

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