Oh, I think that's accurate. Most scholars would call the play interesting, but I haven't heard it heralded very much. That said, I think performance can make a strong case for looking at the play differently. From what I understand, past performances have tended to make the play read politically--the recent Fiennes version does this very strongly. What struck me as really interesting about the Winedale production is that it really didn't come off as a political play, for me, but more of an emotional one. That surprised me, in a good way, and not just because our world already has an excess of politically inflected discourse. I also think the play emerges really powerfully on emotional terms.
Mike
Quoting Mike Godwin mnemonic@gmail.com:
I'm astonished to see the New York Times declare that "Coriolanus" is not a heralded play. It's not a *popular* play, but this is hardly the same thing.
--Mike
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On Friday, August 3, 2012, wrote:
Just my humble opinion, but the performance of Coriolanus is really moving and wonderfully done. I had very high hopes, and I wasn't disappointed at all.
This is a great play if you have the opportunity to see it.
Michael
Quoting Jerald Head jlhead1952@gmail.com:
Nice blurb NYTimes today about upcoming show "Coriolanus"
"The actors participating in the University of Texas?s Shakespeare at Winedale summer workshop will perform ?Coriolanus? for the first time in its 42-year history. Though it is not a heralded play, this political drama was adapted for the screen last year, with Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler, and T. S. Eliot called it a greater tragic achievement than ?Hamlet.?
The story follows a mighty Roman warrior whose one obstacle to office is how poorly he relates to his country?s commoners. In this election, no matter whom you tag as Coriolanus, the same point comes across: no candidate is perfect."
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