Showing posts with label rome season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rome season. Show all posts

Sunday, 29 October 2017

Shakespeare Sunday: Coriolanus

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts. 


'Some parcels of their power are forth already' Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 2

Rome: Superpower in the Making

Sunday, 22 October 2017

Shakespeare Sunday: Julius Caesar

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'I come to fetch you to the Senate House' Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 2 

The Morning Salutatio: Caesar's Fatal Errors 


Monday, 16 October 2017

Review: RSC, Coriolanus

In Ancient Rome, all people - from the simplest plebian to the most brilliant general - struggle to adapt to times of peace...

Coriolanus was the last of Shakespeare's plays to be featured in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2017 Rome Season. Having enjoyed the fantastic productions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus, I looked forward to Coriolanus - a play I had previously been unfamiliar with. Here's my thoughts.