Ralph Fiennes directing "Coriolanus" - a second-tier work by Shakespeare that's been retooled for modern times - sounds like a recipe for an exhausting vanity project by a talented but bored man. But, ...

It’s a bit of a risk to put a lesser-known Shakespeare play with a vaguely comical name in the National Theatre’s massive Olivier space. But you wouldn’t know it from the monumental confidence of ...

A famous man is elevated to a position of power in a dominant nation by forces that seek to control his words and deeds for their own ends. The man’s hubris, impulsiveness and aggression destabilize ...

The Donmar's production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus is a vivid, dramatic production that brings out all the blood, bravery and heartbreak in this tragedy. And its leading man steals the show with a ...

A staccato drum beat. A stone, gray set. The nobles stand a body-length above the people. The people are hungry and shouting for corn. The nobility looks on in disdain. Coriolanus’ ancient Rome is ...

Stage productions are filmed for the cinema all the time — The Met: Live in HD, National Theatre Live and the recent West End musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” among countless others. But ...

Jonathan Cake takes on the unforgiving title role in Shakespeare’s rarely seen 'Coriolanus' -- and runs with it to a glorious finish. The title character in “Coriolanus” is one of those Shakespearean ...

A chamber production of Coriolanus? It sounds a contradiction in terms. But, as the programme points out, Shakespeare's epic Roman play was probably first staged in the small-scale Blackfriars theatre ...

There is a good deal about Josie Rourke’s new production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston, that I found irritating. It is full of modish tricks, including blasts of deafening ...