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“If the wars eat us not up, they will; and there’s all the love they bear us.”
Coriolanus Act One, Part One By Dennis Abrams ————————————— MAJOR CHARACTERS Caius Martius, later known as Coriolanus, a Roman patrician Menenius Agrippa, another patrician Titus Lartius and Cominius,...
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“Indeed, this is probably the most difficult play in the canon, and it...
Coriolanus Act One, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ————————————————————— From Garber: “Coriolanus’s powerful mother, Volumnia, clearly dominates her dutiful son, who is free and independent on the...
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“I banish you…There is a world elsewhere.”
Coriolanus Act Three, Part One By Dennis Abrams —————————————————– Act Three: Coriolanus is about to be invested when the tribunes gleefully and triumphantly inform him that his popularity has...
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“…we have learned by now to ask Marxian questions about deep causes – not,...
Coriolanus Act Three, Part Two By Dennis Abrams —————————- Let’s talk briefly about homoeroticism in Coriolanus. It seems clear, I think that the inquires about each other by Martius and Aufidius and...
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“…dramatically I just love his uncompromising attitude, his imagery of ‘Bring...
Coriolanus Act Four, Part Two By Dennis Abrams —————————————————————————- For your Thanksgiving week enjoyment, an interview with Ralph Fiennes from the book Shakespeare on Stage, talking about his...
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He holds her by the hand, silent.
Coriolanus Act Five, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————————————————– Act Five: Meanwhile, Rome is desperate to win back its savior, so first Cominius, then Menenius, are sent out to persuade...
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“Coriolanus did not love the people. But this does not mean that Coriolanus...
Coriolanus Act Five, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ———————————- From Jan Kott: “But Shakespeare’s world is crowded, and there are no empty spaces in it. There are just patricians, plebeians, and enemies...
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“For mine’s beyond beyond…”
Cymbeline Act Three, Part One By Dennis Abrams ——————————– Act Three: In Britain, Cymbeline has refused to pay the annual tribute to Rome, to which the Roman ambassador Lucius responds by declaring...
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“Exit, pursued by a bear.”
The Winter’s Tale Act Three, Part One By Dennis Abrams —————————- Act Three: Leontes formally accuses Hermione of adultery and plotting to kill him, but she remains firm in her innocence and declares...
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“No full-length Shakespearian tragedy reaches the intensity of these three...
The Winter’s Tale Act Three, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ———————- First off, some highlights from Mark Van Doren, without the most often used quotes from the play: “’The Winter’s Tale’ tells of...
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