You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air, I banish you; 155 And here remain with your uncertainty! Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts! Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes, Fan you into despair!

The Arkangel production from 2006. The major Roman plays represent a progression not a trilogy. In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra wears Antony’s armour and eros is triumphant. In Julius Caesar, Cassius complains that Rome has become womanish. In the last written of the series, set in early Rome in the period of the Conflict of the Orders, Coriolanus is a man out of his time. He belongs to the Heroic Age. But confused by politics he is Achilles gone haywire. The world is devoid of eros. Kindly seed.


Paul Jesson - Coriolanus
Marjorie Yates - Volumnia
Ewan Hooper - Menenius
Martin Marquez - Aufidius
Shirley Dixon - Valeria

William Shakespeare - 14 - Coriolanus - bbc radio collection

William Shakespeare - 22 - Coriolanus - Richard Burton

(Previous torrent deleted - No audio! - these things happen)