Coriolanus
1979
160 minutes
Overview
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Top Cast
Frank Adu
Junius Brutus
Gloria Foster
Volumnia
CCH Pounder
Valeria
Earle Hyman
Cominius
Roscoe Orman
Adrian
Michele Shay
Virgilia
Maurice Woods
Agrippa
Keith David
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Castulo Guerra
Senator / Nicanor / Officer
Denzel Washington
Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Dennis Tate
Servingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Peter Francis James
Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Count Stovall
Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier