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A review by tanemariacris
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
4.0
I'm profoundly grateful to Josie Rourke who directed a gut-wrenching and honest stage performance of Coriolanus, reviving this old, yet timeless Shakespearean play that doesn't get the credit it deserves.
Were it not for her, I might not have come across this brilliant story that so grippingly and astutely reveals the discrepancies found inside a man who is a great soldier, yet a terrible politician with proto-fascist ideals; arrogant in his privileges and status, yet possessing an inner modesty; hot-tempered, His heart's his mouth, with only his mother's words to quench his fire; pure and stained all the same. With this man of contradictions in its center, always present, even when he doesn't directly takes part in a scene, the play reaffirms the importance of listenting to the people, to their needs and grievances, instead of undermining their voices, while holding tight to some individual comfort and rank.
With messages as relevant now as they were 400 years ago, Coriolanus is a treat both in terms of the depth and ideas conveyed, and through its capacity of being utterly enjoyable and exciting.
Were it not for her, I might not have come across this brilliant story that so grippingly and astutely reveals the discrepancies found inside a man who is a great soldier, yet a terrible politician with proto-fascist ideals; arrogant in his privileges and status, yet possessing an inner modesty; hot-tempered, His heart's his mouth, with only his mother's words to quench his fire; pure and stained all the same. With this man of contradictions in its center, always present, even when he doesn't directly takes part in a scene, the play reaffirms the importance of listenting to the people, to their needs and grievances, instead of undermining their voices, while holding tight to some individual comfort and rank.
With messages as relevant now as they were 400 years ago, Coriolanus is a treat both in terms of the depth and ideas conveyed, and through its capacity of being utterly enjoyable and exciting.