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After Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar, Shakespeare once again resorts to ancient Rome to speak to the England of his time. The tragedy of Coriolanus, inspired by Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, transforms the political conflict in a ritualistic conflict of the stage, always relying on the invaluable guidance of History. Widely considered as the last of Shakespeare's tragedies, Coriolanus chronicles the rise and fall of General Caius Martius Coriolanus.
Assuming that Theatre is always informed by the world around it and gives the same measure of response, the choice of staging Coriolanus his easily justifiable by its relevance and juxtaposition with the present day.
As is always the case with Shakespeare the drama is excruciating, because all interest groups (the people, the elites and the tyrants) are right. For stage director Nuno Cardoso, "that is also the crux of our current world's drama: the different causes remain adamant and contradictory at the same time, mixing arguments of truth with demagoguery and the tension escalates..."
After Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar, Shakespeare once again resorts to ancient Rome to speak to the England of his time. The tragedy of Coriolanus, inspired by Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, transforms the political conflict in a ritualistic conflict of the stage, always relying on the invaluable guidance of History. Widely considered as the last of Shakespeare's tragedies, Coriolanus chronicles the rise and fall of General Caius Martius Coriolanus.
Assuming that Theatre is always informed by the world around it and gives the same measure of response, the choice of staging Coriolanus his easily justifiable by its relevance and juxtaposition with the present day.
As is always the case with Shakespeare the drama is excruciating, because all interest groups (the people, the elites and the tyrants) are right. For stage director Nuno Cardoso, "that is also the crux of our current world's drama: the different causes remain adamant and contradictory at the same time, mixing arguments of truth with demagoguery and the tension escalates..."
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Translation Fernando Villas-BoasStage direction Nuno CardosoStaging and movement assistant Victor Hugo PontesDramaturgical support Ricardo BraunSet design F. RibeiroCostumes Alejandra Jaña Lighting design José Álvaro Correia Music Rui Lima and Sérgio MartinsWith Afonso Santos, Albano Jerónimo, Ana Bustorff, António Júlio, Catarina Lacerda, Daniel Pinto, João Melo, Luís Araújo, Mário Santos, Pedro Frias, Ricardo Vaz Trindade, Rodrigo Santos and Sérgio CunhaCoproduction Ao Cabo Teatro, Teatro do Bolhão, TNDMII, TNSJ, Centro Cultural Vila Flor and Teatro Viriato