Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Coriolanus (1951, Paul Nickell)
| Title | Coriolanus |
|---|---|
| Year | 1951 |
| Release Locations | USA |
| Director | Paul Nickell |
| Medium | Video |
| Length | 1 hrs |
| Play Connections | Coriolanus (recording) |
| Series | Studio One |
Description
A modern dress update, reminiscent of the famous Orson Welles Mercury Theatre Julius Caesar, that moves the action to Mussolini's Italy. Nowadays few directors can stage Coriolanus without remaking Shakespeare's hero into some modern prototype such as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. (Could the patrician MacArthur ever have stooped to being packaged for the hoi polloi as "Mac" in the way that his fellow West Pointer, Eisenhower, allowed himself to be marketed as "Ike"?) Unlike so many other televised Shakespearean productions from the past, this production is now available on commercial videocassette. In a flurry of nostalgia, it even includes Betty Furness doing her fabled Westinghouse commercials. The producer, perhaps optimistically, estimated that the Studio One program caught an audience of ten million
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
| Virgilia | Sally Chamberlin |
|---|---|
| Volumnia | Judith Evelyn |
| Coriolanus | Richard Greene |
| Cast | Tom Poston |
| Sicinius | Richard Purdy |
| Cominius | Frederick Worlock |
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Paul Nickell |
|---|---|
| Producer | Worthington Miner |
| Adaptor/Translator | Paul Nickell |
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell