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Coriolanus
Released
2h 40m
3/31/1979
en - US
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.
History
Documentary
Actors

Frank Adu
Junius Brutus

Gloria Foster
Volumnia

CCH Pounder
Valeria

Earle Hyman
Cominius

Roscoe Orman
Adrian

Michele Shay
Virgilia

Maurice Woods
Agrippa

Keith David
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

Castulo Guerra
Senator / Nicanor / Officer

Denzel Washington
Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Dennis Tate
Servingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

Peter Francis James
Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Count Stovall
Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier