It’s time for a special episode!

After such a tumultuous life, it comes as no surprise that Coriolanus goes on to have a legacy that spreads after his literal death. So Coriolanus dies, but he lives!

In this episode, the Doctors turn their roving eye on how the story of Coriolanus has been transformed by his reappearance into the cultural mind of the West through Shakespeare’s play and the centuries that follow.

Find out all the details below: 

Episode 69 – The Reception of Coriolanus

Artwork: Act V Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus by Gavin Hamilton 1803. Attribution is also given to Adam Cuerden as per Wikimedia Commons

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After much ado, many conflicts, we’re finally here! It is the end of Coriolanus. How does his grisly end unfold? Who will be pivotal to the end of his career?

In this episode, Drs R and G push through all the barriers to make sure this part of Roman history comes to a close! Check out the link below to tune in:

Episode 68 – Coriolanus, the Final Chapter

Artwork: Franz Anton Maulpertsch, c. 1795. Coriolanus at the gates of Rome

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It’s a new year and a new breath of fresh on the Partial Historian breeze! Oh wait, what’s that? Could it be … Coriolanus? Indeed it is!

The complexities of Coriolanus’ narrative continue to build and things are about to get a little bit hairy for our man of the moment. Join Drs R and G for the ride ahead:

Episode 67 – Coriolanus – Exiled!

Artwork: Wilhelm Wandschneider’s 1903 sculpture of Coriolanus in Plau am See (Germany). Photograph courtesy of Ruchhöft-Plau from wikimedia commons.

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The holiday season is nearly upon us, dear Listeners, and what better way to celebrate than to take a little trip to Italy.

In this short and sweet episode, Dr Radness asks Dr G the big question of the year – how was *that* trip to Italy? Part tavelogue, part history, all Partial Historian 🙂

Episode 66 – Dr G does Italy

Artwork: Dr G (left) and Dr R (right) getting into the spirit of the season!

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Doctors G and R return with a brand new episode from the realms of the ancient past! As the suspense develops in Coriolanus’ career, how are the relationships between the patricians and plebeians working out? With the new force of the tribune of the plebs to reckon with, Coriolanus is not a happy patrician.

Let’s take a look at the different narrative on offer from the primary sources – Livy, Plutarch, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus:

 Episode 65 – Coriolanus: Trial Imminent!

Artwork: In an attempt to save depictions of Coriolanus and his relations for where they fit in the historical narrative, we offer a snippet from the First Folio of Shakespeare here (did anyone just say reception studies?)

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Dr G has returned from Italy and to Dr R and that means, dear Listeners, that the history of Rome from the founding of the city is back on! When we last conversed, Coriolanus loomed large on the agenda, and here he takes centre stage again (as he very well may for a few more episodes!).

Ever wondered what a real patrician’s patrician looked like? Wait no more! Listen below to catch all the scintillating details:

Episode 64 – Coriolanus, Ultimate Patrician

Artwork: A little of Coriolanus as imagined by Shakespeare. Here Coriolanus questions his mother’s motives. Image Source: http://quotesgram.com/coriolanus-shakespeare-quotes/

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The Doctors pursue the different elements coming to the fore in the 490s BCE by looking at a little more detail at the development of the position of aedile, and the significance of the fetiale priests in matters relating to war, peace, and oaths.

And no episode looking at this period would be complete without more on the developing career of Coriolanus!

Hear it all here:

Episode 63 – Aediles, Fetiales, and Coriolanus

Thomas Lawrence 1798 ‘John Philip Kemble as Coriolanus in “Coriolanus” by William Shakespeare

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After a brief sojourn into Rome on film, the Doctors return to the narrative of Rome’s history from the founding of the city!

In this episode, the Doctors examine the continuing Struggle of the Orders, some of the consequences of the strife between the Plebeians and Patricians, and *drum roll please* … we catch our first glimpse of the man who will become Coriolanus. Join us as we explore the depths of the Early Republic!

 Episode 62 – Roman Struggles, Introducing Coriolanus

Alma Tadema 1907 ‘Interior of Caius Martius’ House’

Tadema was commissioned to design sets for a production of Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ – without giving the man away – this is an imagined view of his patrician residence.

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The intrepid Doctors return with an all new, all fabulous episode! The episode in which Drs R and G explore the Coen Brothers take on the Golden Age of Hollywood with Hail, Caesar!

We may have been enticed by the prospect of George Clooney as a Roman general, but we stayed for the tribute to the big studio days of American cinema.

Take a sojourn with your ears and see how the film stacks up according to your resident expert on Rome on film – Dr Radford, with curious questions and comments from Dr Greenfield!

Episode 61 – Hail, Caesar! (2016)

With kind thanks to: Rayukk via wikimedia commons

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The Partial Historians have hit the big 6-0! And what better way for the Doctors to celebrate with you than with an episode packed with all manner of interesting things. As you know, Dr R specialises in Rome on film. In this episode, let us take on a journey through the film Trumbo (2015), which is a bio-pic of the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Trumbo broke the blacklist when he was given screen-credit for Spartacus (1960). Herein an examination of the politics of Hollywood post Second World War, the film Trumbo, and liberal sprinklings of Rome.

Episode 60 – Trumbo (2015)

Dalton and Cleo Trumbo (1947 HUAC hearings)

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