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Coriolanus

Genre:HistoryDocumentary

Released:1979-03-31

Runtime:160

Overview

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.


Cast:

Frank Adu

Character: Junius Brutus

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Gloria Foster

Character: Volumnia

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CCH Pounder

Character: Valeria

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Earle Hyman

Character: Cominius

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Roscoe Orman

Character: Adrian

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Michele Shay

Character: Virgilia

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Maurice Woods

Character: Agrippa

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Keith David

Character: Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

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Castulo Guerra

Character: Senator / Nicanor / Officer

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Denzel Washington

Character: Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

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Dennis Tate

Character: Servingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

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Peter Francis James

Character: Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

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Count Stovall

Character: Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

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