As one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays, Coriolanus is startlingly relevant under Trump 2.0
- Written by Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney
Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays; perhaps because the hero is so pugnacious and classist, impressive in his strident vehemence, but lacking the vulnerability of a Macbeth or Othello.
Set in the turbulent early Roman Republic (490s BC) – about 450 years before Caesar’s death...