Coriolanus

Synopsis: Live sound recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1972 production of Coriolanus directed by Trevor Nunn with co-direction from Buzz Goodbody and Euan Smith. Nicol Williamson is Coriolanus.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 6 Dec 1973

Director

Buzz Goodbody; Euan Smith; Trevor Nunn; William Shakespeare

Music

Cast

Nicol Williamson	Caius Martius Coriolanus
Margaret Tyzack	Volumnia
Oscar James	Tullus Aufidius
Mark Dignam	Menenius Agrippa
Nicholas Selby	Cominius
Arthur Whybrow	2nd Citizen (Citizen)
Darien Angadi	Lieutenant
Darien Angadi	Adrian
Desmond Stokes	1st Volscian Elder (Senator (Volscian))
Desmond Stokes	3rd Senator (Senator)
Edwina Ford	Valeria
Jill Lidstone	2nd Gentlewoman (Gentlewoman)
John Bott	1st Senator (Senator)
John Nettleton	Sicinius Velutus
Joseph Charles	3rd Servingman (Servant)
Joseph Marcell	1st Watch (Watchman)
Joseph Marcell	2nd Servingman (Servant)
Keith Taylor	2nd Officer
Lennard Pearce	2nd Volscian Elder (Senator (Volscian))
Lennard Pearce	4th Senator (Senator)
Loftus Burton	1st Servingman (Servant)
Madeline Bellamy	1st Gentlewoman (Gentlewoman)
Malcolm Kaye	Nicanor
Malcolm Kaye	3rd Citizen
Martin Milman	2nd Senator (Senator)
Michael Egan	5th Senator (Senator)
Morgan Sheppard	1st Citizen (Citizen)
Paul Gaymon	4th Citizen (Citizen)
Philip Locke	Junius Brutus
Robert Oates	1st Aedile (Aediles)
Sidney Livingstone	1st Officer
Tony Osoba	3rd Volscian Elder (Senator (Volscian))
Tony Osoba	2nd Watch (Watchman)
Tony Osoba	Citizen (Volscian)
Walter Brown	Titus Lartius
Wendy Allnut	Virgilia

General: Young Martius played by either Christopher Howard-Lee or Matthew Angel. There were several cast changes in the transfer to the Aldwych - Ian Hogg was originally Coriolanus and Patrick Stewart played Aufidius.
History: The production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon 11 April 1972.

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