BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
Coriolanus tells of a proud Roman general who captures the town Corioli but subsequently falls from favour with the Roman people. He allies himself with the Volscians and leads an attack on Rome, but allegiances are won and lost before the final tragic end.
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"Easily my favorite Shakespeare. I think Iago might be the best villain of all time ever.Also, this gets extra props for spawning the opera, which, though deviates from the plot significantly, is still quite good in its own right. " — Sara (5 out of 5 stars)
"Easily my favorite Shakespeare. I think Iago might be the best villain of all time ever.Also, this gets extra props for spawning the opera, which, though deviates from the plot significantly, is still quite good in its own right. "
" My first time reading this play. I loved discussing the inconsistencies and binaries present with my ENGL 251 class. Now I'm hankering to see the play live on stage. In the meantime, anyone have a favorite movie version? "
" Playing the parts of Brabantio and Gratiano this summer in a local production. "
" Hands down my favorite of Shakespeare's tragedies! "
" I read this in high school. I need to read it again. It's been a while. "
" I enjoyed Iago's manipulations though I still felt he was the bad guy. "
" Very dramatic. Iago, a very interesting character. Very tragic. Good stuff. "
" I absolutely love this play! I got into Shakespeare when I started at my second college and this is by far one of his best plays! "
" Reading the play left me morbidly impressed with Iago, bored with Othello, and weepy over the fruitless loss of all of the good people. I henceforth swear to be a less jealous person. "
" Iago is the greatest villain in English literature. "
" Currently re-reading. I've forgotten how good Shakespeare can be... "
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.
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