Coriolanus, written by William Shakespeare

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Robyn Sassen

FILM REVIEW: CORIOLANUS.

Coriolanus

MY foe, my brother: Tallus Aufidius (Hadley Fraser) with Caius Martius Coriolanus (Tom Hiddleston). Photograph courtesy http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk.

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THE UNCOMFORTABLE MYTH which sees a greatly loved hero get vilified and banished with the ebbs and flows of societal energies is one of the streams of narrative that infuses Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. But like his works of the ilk of King Lear, there is so much more in it that it grabs an understanding of humanity as you may know it, and spills its multitudes of contents in complicated and gruesome directions. Under the hand of Josie Rourke and with Tom Hiddleston in the lead, this production is truly everything.

Sans witches or ghosts, humour or nuance to lighten its load, it’s a relentless tale of the values of honour and you might find yourself working quite hard to remember who is on which side as the work opens, riddled as it is with angry protest. Replete with gestures such as the painting of a…

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