Coriolanus

Name: Coriolanus
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1979-03-31
Duration: 2 h 40 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Frank Adu, Gloria Foster, CCH Pounder, Earle Hyman, Roscoe Orman

Coriolanus (1979)

2:40 (160 min)

History, Drama

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Actors and characters

Production

Theatre for Film on Tape, New York Shakespeare Festival

Release date

31 March 1979

Director

Wilford Leach

Producer

Joseph Papp

All team (3)

Actors

Frank Adu

Junius Brutus

Gloria Foster

Volumnia

CCH Pounder

Valeria

Earle Hyman

Cominius

Roscoe Orman

Adrian

Michele Shay

Virgilia

Maurice Woods

Agrippa

Keith David

Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.