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Coriolanus Part 3 - The Language
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Part 3 features close-readings of four key speeches and scenes that set out the play’s central dilemma, as they speak for a cooperative political community and the elite warrior ideal that Coriolanus is meant to embody.
Speeches and Performers:
Menenius, citizens, and Martius, Act 1, “I shall tell you a pretty tale …” (David Collins)
Volumnia and Virgilia, Act 1, “If my son were my husband…” (Joyce Branagh)
Coriolanus, Act 3, “Well, I must do ‘t…” (Keith Hamilton Cobb)
Cominius and Menenius, Act 4, “He is their god …” (David Collins)
Speeches and Performers:
Menenius, citizens, and Martius, Act 1, “I shall tell you a pretty tale …” (David Collins)
Volumnia and Virgilia, Act 1, “If my son were my husband…” (Joyce Branagh)
Coriolanus, Act 3, “Well, I must do ‘t…” (Keith Hamilton Cobb)
Cominius and Menenius, Act 4, “He is their god …” (David Collins)
Released:
Jul 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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