Coriolanus
1979A 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.
Acted in
Frank Adu
as Junius Brutus
Gloria Foster
as Volumnia
CCH Pounder
as Valeria
Earle Hyman
as Cominius
Roscoe Orman
as Adrian
Michele Shay
as Virgilia
Maurice Woods
as Agrippa
Keith David
as Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Castulo Guerra
as Senator / Nicanor / Officer
Denzel Washington
as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Dennis Tate
as Servingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
Peter Francis James
as Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Count Stovall
as Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier