Coriolanus

Coriolanus

160 mins | Documentary, History | March 31, 1979

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.

Coriolanus

160 mins | Documentary, History | March 31, 1979

Coriolanus
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers New York Shakespeare Festival, Theatre for Film on Tape
Original title Coriolanus
Directors Wilford Leach
Writers

Cast

Morgan Freeman

as Coriolanus

Frank Adu

as Junius Brutus

Gloria Foster

as Volumnia

CCH Pounder

as Valeria

Earle Hyman

as Cominius

Roscoe Orman

as Adrian

Michele Shay

as Virgilia

Maurice Woods

as Agrippa

Keith David

as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

Castulo Guerra

as Senator / Nicanor / Officer

Denzel Washington

as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Dennis Tate

as Servingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

Peter Francis James

as Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Count Stovall

as Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier