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Coriolanus

(Encyclopedia) Coriolanus (Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus)Coriolanuskôrˌēəlāˈnəs [key], Roman patrician. He is said to have derived his name from the capture of the Volscian city Corioli. According to…

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VIIScene VIIIScene IXScene XAct IIScene IScene II. The same. The Capitol.Scene IIIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene…

Volscians

(Encyclopedia) VolsciansVolsciansvŏlˈshəns [key] or VolsciVolsciansvŏlˈsī [key], people of ancient Italy. They occupied the country SE of the Alban Hills. They were early opponents of the Romans and…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act I

Act IScene IRome. A streetEnter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weaponsFirst CitizenBefore we proceed any further, hear me speak.AllSpeak, speak.First CitizenYou…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act V

Act VScene IRome. A public placeEnter Menenius, Cominius, Sicinius, Brutus, and othersMeneniusNo, I'll not go: you hear what he hath said Which was sometime his general; who loved him In a…

Siddons, Sarah Kemble

(Encyclopedia) Siddons, Sarah Kemble, 1755–1831, English actress. The most distinguished of the famous Kemble family, she had early theatrical experience in her father's traveling company, and at 18…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act II

Act IIScene IRome. A public placeEnter Menenius with the two Tribunes of the people, Sicinius and Brutus.MeneniusThe augurer tells me we shall have news to-night.BrutusGood or bad?MeneniusNot…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act III

Act IIIScene IRome. A streetCornets. Enter Coriolanus, Menenius, all the Gentry, Cominius, Titus Lartius, and other SenatorsCoriolanusTullus Aufidius then had made new head?LartiusHe had, my…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act IV

Act IVScene IRome. Before a gate of the cityEnter Coriolanus, Volumnia, Virgilia, Menenius, Cominius, with the young Nobility of RomeCoriolanusCome, leave your tears: a brief farewell: the…