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CORIOLANUS (1984-5)

Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by Peter Hall

Ian McKellen in the role of Coriolanus

Olivier, London

15 December 1984

London Evening Standard Award - Best Actor

CAST

Caius Martius Coriolanus

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Ian McKellen

Tullus Aufidius

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Greg Hicks

Menenius Agrippa

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Frederick Treves

Sicinius Velutus

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David Ryall

Volumnia

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Irene Worth

Virgilia

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Wendy Morgan

Valeria

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Judith Paris

First Citizen

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Geoffrey Burridge

Second Citizen

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Bill Moody

Messenger

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Mark Dowse

First Senator

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Michael Barrington

Cominius

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John Savident

Titus Lartius

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Basil Henson

Junius Brutus

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James Hayes

First Voscian Senator

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Daniel Thorndike

Second Voscian Senator

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Glenn Williams

Gentlewoman to Virgilia

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Sarah Mortimer

Messenger

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Paul Stewart

First Soldier

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Lewis George

Second Soldier

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Peter Dineen

First Roman

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Brian Kent

Second Roman

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Peter Gordon

Third Roman

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Paul Stewart

Volscian Lieutenant

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Timothy Hick

Herald

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Geoffrey Burridge

First Officer of the Senate

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Brian Kent

Second Officer of the Senate

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Peter Gordon

Aedile

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Peter Dineen

Volscian Citizen

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Daniel Thorndike

First Servingman

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Peter Gordon

Second Servingman

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Bill Moody

Third Servingman

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Paul Stewart

Lieutenant to Aufidius

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Nigel le Vaillant

First Watch

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Lewis George

Second Watch

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Timothy Hick

Young Martius

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Andrew Rigby/Tod Welling

First Conspirator

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Desmond Adams

Second Conspirator

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Guy Williams

Third Conspirator

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Peter Gordon

First Volscian Lord

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Daniel Thorndike

Second Volscian Lord

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Brian Kent

Third Volscian Lord

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Robert Arnold

OTHER CREDITS

Design & Lighting: John Bury; Music: Harrison Birtwistle; Fights: Malcalm Ranson