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Coriolanus, the wife of Coriolanus.
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CORIOLANUS
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 2/23/2005; ; 700+ words
; CORIOLANUS By William Shakespeare GeraldW. Lynch...leadership-Richard II, Richard III, Coriolanus-Taise sharp problems of style. Regal...Consider the plot of Coriolonus: Coriolanus, the unmatched warrior, refuses to...
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Coriolanus: warrior falls to war within; Sterling staging of tale of pride.(ARTS & CULTURE)(THEATER)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Roman general Coriolanus (William Houston) may be Hector on...clang of a sword's killing stroke in "Coriolanus," one of Shakespeare's bloodiest...Kennedy Center for the next two weeks. "Coriolanus," written in 1608-09, is thought...
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Coriolanus.(King Lear, Twelfth Night)(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Coriolanus Presented by the Utah Shakespearean...Karen K. Wegner. With James Newcomb (Coriolanus), Michael Sharon (Aufidius), Leslie...Festival's summer season featured Coriolanus, King Lear, and Twelfth Night. The...
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'Coriolanus': The Vanquished Hero
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/25/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Michael Kahn's production of "Coriolanus," which opened last night at the...Macbeth" and "Hamlet," "Coriolanus" is a tragedy of character--a brilliant soldier, Coriolanus (Andrew Long) is both too proud and...
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 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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In 'Coriolanus,' it's all about the fighting: Fierce mother stands out in Shakespeare's story of a tragic general and the futility of war.
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 4/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Coriolanus is the title character's mother...Roman general who is given the name "Coriolanus" after he defeats the enemy Volscians...to descend on Rome. But warlike as Coriolanus may be -- and pugilistic William Houston...
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American Coriolanus.(General Douglas MacArthur)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...portrait of a fatherless son, the Roman hero Coriolanus. This soldier, Caius Martius Coriolanus, a man of rigid personality and principle...O! I warrant, how he mammocked it! [Coriolanus 1.3.55-61] Coriolanus' mother...
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Coriolanus.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Coriolanus Presented by the Stratford Festival...by Todd Charlton. With Colm Feore (Coriolanus), Martha Henry (Volumnia), Graham...and others. Antoni Cimolino's Coriolanus moved at a brisk pace, using lighting...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Shakespeare's Least-Loved Play; But This Coriolanus Stands Apart.(Arts&Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 2/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...bold and brilliant new production of Coriolanus has been so misunderstood. The director...can say confidently, at least, that Coriolanus is one of his most challenging and least...or quotable rhetoric for a reason: Coriolanus is his most purely political play...
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In the name of Coriolanus: The prompter (prompted)
Magazine article from: Comparative Literature; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...speaks. -Barrett Watten, "Conduit" CORIOLANUS HAS OFFENDED THE PEOPLE. Obliged by...upon the consul of the Roman senate, Coriolanus fails properly to fulfill the assignment...the consul Cominius quietly urges Coriolanus on by simply saying, "Come, come...
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From the Rank and File, A Festival Leader Rises; RSC's 'Coriolanus' Strikes at the Heart Of What It Means To Be a Soldier
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and this one's a keeper. The "Coriolanus" at the Kennedy Center turns out to...magnum-force William Houston, this "Coriolanus" races through three hours in the Eisenhower...confirms in the gritty machismo of "Coriolanus" a powerful rendering of what it is...
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Coriolanus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Coriolanus, a play by Shakespeare first printed...s ‘Life of Caius Martius Coriolanus’. Caius Marcius, a proud...receiving in consequence the surname Coriolanus. On his return it is proposed to make...
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Coriolanus, Gaius Marcius
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Coriolanus, Gaius Marcius (5th century bc ), Roman general, who got his name from the capture of the Volscian town of Corioli, but whose...
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Arrogance
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 149] Coriolanus class-conscious and contemptuous leader. [Br. Lit.: Coriolanus ] Darcy, Fitz William proud of superior...923] Volumnia magisterial mother of Coriolanus; molds his character. [Br. Lit...
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David, Keith 1954–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Christian in the role of Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus at the New York Shakespeare Festival...Dream, 1981; Map of the World, 1985; Coriolanus, 1988; Titus Andronicus, 1989; Jelly...x2019;s Sinclair Bayfield Award for Coriolanus, 1989; Tony Award nominee, Jelly...
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Laurence Olivier
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...opposite Ralph Richardson's Othello and Caius Marcius in Coriolanus. Having demonstrated his range, versatility, and interpretative...at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and the title role in Coriolanus (1959), again at Stratford. He scored his first outstanding...
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