Shakespeare Magazine 9

Coriolanus
ast year in London, Donmar Warehouse’s staging of
Shakespeare’s Coriolanus made headlines not only for
a powerful production, but because British movie star
Tom Hiddleston played the title role, continuing the
trend of big film actors tackling the Bard.
Set in a nondescript modern war zone, the
design of the production heightened the
violence of the language and the action.
But being tall, athletic and charming,
Hiddleston hardly seems like a brutal warhardened
soldier. His portrayal of Hal and
Virgilia (Birgitte
Hjort SØrensen) and
Coriolanus (Tom
Hiddleston).
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