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''Unable to rely on heaven, we look to Shakespeare as a contemporary conscience'' Peter Conrad

Coriolanus, a famed warrior turned politician, is driven from Rome as a traitor when he arrogantly speaks out against popular rule and loses the good will of the starving people. Banished and embittered, he allies himself with his former enemies and begins to plot a merciless revenge on Rome. Shakespeare''s politically ambiguous late tragedy of a great soldier who fails to be a great leader questions the notion of heroism and what power really means.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by G. R. Hibbard
Introduction by Paul Prescott

Coriolanus

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 25 June 2015
      ISBN-13 9780141396453
      978-0141396453
      ISBN-10 0141396458
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      Poetry Books by William Shakespeare

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Unable to rely on heaven, we look to Shakespeare as a contemporary conscience'' Peter Conrad

      Coriolanus, a famed warrior turned politician, is driven from Rome as a traitor when he arrogantly speaks out against popular rule and loses the good will of the starving people. Banished and embittered, he allies himself with his former enemies and begins to plot a merciless revenge on Rome. Shakespeare''s politically ambiguous late tragedy of a great soldier who fails to be a great leader questions the notion of heroism and what power really means.

      Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

      General Editor Stanley Wells
      Edited by G. R. Hibbard
      Introduction by Paul Prescott

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