Strathclyde Theatre Group

in association with

Royal Shakespeare Company Open Stages

present…

by William Shakespeare

Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

3rd-7th JULY 7.30pm

directed by Mark Coleman

Shakespeare’s last tragedy and his most political play.

Caius Martius Coriolanus is superhuman on the field of battle; famed for his unflinching will,

his profound personal integrity and awesome talent as a soldier. But these same qualities have

devastating consequences in his domestic life as both politician and family man.

When Rome’s tribunes banish him forever, he forges an alliance with his former nemesis the

dreaded Tullus Aufidius, and their army marches inexorably on Rome.

Only one person has the power to stop him and save the city from total obliteration- the

person whom Coriolanus trusts more than any other, the person who taught him literally

everything he knows, the person he fears most in the world…

His own mother.

BOOK YOUR

Mark Coleman’s previous STG productions include

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (“A brilliant scenario consistently sustained in this hugely worthwhile

production. Director Mark Coleman was right to keep things simple. The simplicity heightened the drama,

which was acted out with great power and feeling" **** The Mail on Sunday

"Absolute genius... Brilliant." ****StrathclydeTelegraph)

Ann Marie Di Mambro’s Tally’s Blood (“I cannot tell you how much it moved me to see my play

performed and directed so beautifully." Ann Marie Di Mambro)

Howard Barker’s A Hard Heart (“Coleman enables us to feel the full tragic impact of the drama even

as the playwright's political and philosophical conundrums explode inside our minds... Ultimately one leaves

the theatre feeling that one has been in contact with truly great tragic theatre. That is something which many

of Scotland's professional companies would struggle to achieve." **** Mark Brown edinburghguide.com)

CORIOLANUS

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