Drama · United Kingdom · 2014 · 2h 35m

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

Director

Cast

Tom Hiddleston as Caius Martius Coriolanus Mark Gatiss as Menenius Agrippa Deborah Findlay as Volumnia Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Virgilia Elliot Levey as Junius Brutus Jacqueline Boatswain as Valeria / Fourth Citizen

Crew

Lucy Osborne — Production Design Lucy Osborne — Costume Design

Tagline

Let me have war, say I: it exceeds peace as far as day does night.

Synopsis

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

Mood & Themes