description: Perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first full stagehistory and analysis of the original production of Coriolanus at the Blackfriars theater, and also examines Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material while emphasizing the wide range of interpretations that are possible in performance.
language: English
title: Coriolanus
titlecomplete: Coriolanus (Shakespeare, Signet Classic)
characters: Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Cominius, Valeria, Sicinius, Brutus, Marcus Junius, Menenius, Virgilia, Tullus Aufidius, Volumnia
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Classics, British Literature, Drama, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 17168
places: Rome
publisher: Signet Classics