Tragedy of Coriolanus, The

Synopsis: Radio broadcast. Coriolanus directed and produced by Ian Cotterell with Richard Pasco as Caius Martius and Fabia Drake as Volumnia. With music composed and conducted by Mike Steer.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 26 Mar 1979
Transmission details: 20 Sep 1979 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 185 (incl. interval)

Director

Ian Cotterell

Producer

Ian Cotterell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Michael Steer

Cast

Richard Pasco	Caius Martius Coriolanus
Fabia Drake	Volumnia
Tim Pigott-Smith	Tullus Aufidius
Cyril Luckham	Menenius Agrippa
Jack May	Cominius
Adrian Egan	Citizen of Antium
Andrew Branch	Citizen of Antium
Brian Haines	Titus Lartius
Brian Sanders	First Senator (Rome) (Senator (Rome))
Danny Schiller	Citizen of Antium
Derek Godfrey	Sicinius Velutus
Eric Allan	Citizen (Rome)
Fred Bryant	Citizen (Rome)
Gordon Dulieu	Citizen of Antium
Harold Kasket	Citizen (Volscian)
Hilda Kriseman	Citizen (Rome)
Joe Dunlop	Citizen of Antium
John Bull	Citizen (Rome)
John Gabriel	Senator (Volscian)
Leonard Fenton	Citizen of Antium
Michael McStay	Citizen (Rome)
Michael Spice	Junius Brutus
Petra Davies	Valeria
Philip Sully	Citizen of Antium
Philip Voss	Second Senator (Rome) (Senator (Rome))
Roger Hammond	Citizen (Rome)
Rosalind Shanks	Virgilia
Tammy Ustinov	Citizen (Rome)

General: A still of Fabia Drake and Rosalind Sharks in the BBC studio can be found in Radio Times, 15-21 September 1979, p. 7-8.
History: In the 10-minute interval (21:20-21:30) a recording of Beethoven’s Coriolan overture with the Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchestra (conducted by Kurt Masur) was played.
Reviews: 'Sound and Fury’, an article on the play and its production on radio by Sally Beauman, is published in Radio Times, 15-21 September 1979, p. 7-8.

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