About Coriolanus
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Full Cast of Coriolanus
Morgan Freeman
plays Coriolanus
Frank Adu
plays Junius Brutus
Gloria Foster
plays Volumnia
CCH Pounder
plays Valeria
Earle Hyman
plays Cominius
Roscoe Orman
plays Adrian
Michele Shay
plays Virgilia
Maurice Woods
plays Agrippa
Keith David
plays Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Castulo Guerra
plays Senator / Nicanor / Officer
Denzel Washington
plays Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Dennis Tate
plays Servingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Peter Francis James
plays Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Count Stovall
plays Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Crew of Coriolanus
