Bard Flies

Coriolanus: The Pride Before the Brawl


Listen Later

What happens when a virtuous general gets drafted to run for office after defeating Rome’s enemies in battle? Nothing good! In this classic tale of martial virtue, popular politics, banishment, and treason, Shakespeare explores the divide between soldiers and the public, martial honor and private wounds, and some of the most epic “mommy issues” this side of Hamlet. Will and James discuss the protagonist Coriolanus’s “great resignation” in this potent but lesser known tragedy.

Credits

  • Intro Music: Jon Sayles, "The Witches' Dance" (composed by anonymous)

  • Outro Music: Jon Sayles, “Saltarello” (composed by anonymous)

  • Illustrative Excerpts: “Coriolanus,” dir. Ralph Fiennes (2011); “Coriolanus,” dir. Allen Fletcher, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (1953); “Coriolanus,” dir. Howard Sackler, Shakespeare Recording Society (1962)

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Bard FliesBy James A. Smith, William C. Quinn

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

31 ratings


More shows like Bard Flies

View all
Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Approaching Shakespeare

332 Listeners

Othello by National Theatre

Othello

0 Listeners

The Play Podcast by Douglas Schatz

The Play Podcast

31 Listeners

Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh

Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

229 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,152 Listeners