March 31, 1979
160 minutes
HistoryDocumentary
Coriolanus
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.
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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)
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