William Shakespeare's thrilling political drama, Coriolanus is now on stage at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) through July 24th. The company is presenting a stunning production of The ...

You may remember a couple of months ago seeing some pretty wild first photos from the upcoming Ralph Fiennes directed Shakespeare adaptation Coriolanus. They were striking because it looks as is ...

It’s a bit of a risk to put a lesser-known Shakespeare play with a vaguely comical name in the National Theatre’s massive Olivier space. But you wouldn’t know it from the monumental confidence of ...

The new film version of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is directed by the prominent British actor Ralph Fiennes, who also plays the principal role. Fiennes played Coriolanus on the London stage in 2000.

One of the pleasures and marvels of reading Shakespeare now, 401 years after his death, comes from encountering a passage or even a line that resonates as if written today, as though to demonstrate ...

Shakespeare’s unloved tragedy about populism and hubris in Ancient Rome is often regarded as a poor cousin to Julius Caesar. Its plot is less dynamic, its unyielding protagonist, who is forced ...

In World War II, bomber pilots sometimes named planes after their mothers. In Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus,” the title character is the bomb, a lethal weapon assembled with pride by Mom. Whether he’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Though not the most lovable, Ralph Fiennes is certainly a great actor, with a seemingly impassive lizardlike gaze and the suggestion of some inner cruelty.

Director Brandon Carter is Ophelia in this fall’s production of “Hamlet” at the American Shakespeare Center. Courtesy of ASC. The American Shakespeare Center continues to celebrate 35 years and the ...