Articles related to "Coriolanus"



Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 2/3
Shakespeare's Coriolanus Acts 2 and 3 and the North translation
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Coriolanus: Part 2/2
Coriolanus leads the Volscians against Rome. Who can stop him?
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Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 3/3
A look at Acts 4 and 5 of Shakespeare's Coriolanus and the North translation.
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Coriolanus – Heroic but Tragic Exile
Coriolanus, immortalized by Shakespeare and soon on-screen by Gerard Butler, demonstrates the perils of politics and how quickly renown can disappear.
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Coriolanus: Part 1/2
Who was Coriolanus and how did he get his name?
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Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 1/3
Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" was based on Sir Thomas North's translation of a French translation of Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus. We start a detailed comparison of Shakespeare's play and the North translation.
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Single Parents in Shakespeare
Many single parents exist in William Shakespeare's plays. This article compares Volumnia and Martius in Coriolanus and Prospero and Miranda in The Tempest.
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Shakespeare's Main Story Sources
Shakespeare pulled from many sources the inspiration for his plays, but there were two in particular to which he turned again and again.
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John Philip Kemble by Sir Thomas Lawrence
John Philip Kemble was one of the finest English actors of the early 19th century. The NPG has acquired a portrait of Kemble by well-known portraitist Sir Thomas Lawrence
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Theatre's Finest Females in 2006
Five actresses had an extraordinary 2006 season - some in theatre's classic roles and some in bold new premieres.
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Top 10 Performances Of The Year
Selecting the top 10 performances of the year was a very difficult task.
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What the Internet does for rural communities
An excuse for Shakespeare and Dostoevsky...
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William Shakespeare Biography
Brief biography of William Shakespeare, best known for Sonnet collections, tragedy, comedy and historical plays; and for his imagery and characters.
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Scoop for the Week of December 22nd
She crashed. She fainted. She busted up a burglary. He's hosting. Plus, hot wedding news and Celebrity Birthday Trivia. Too much to mention in this week's Celebrity Scoop!
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Morgan Freeman
Article on Morgan Freeman.
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The Blood Is the Life: Part 5
Our survey of Draculas concludes with DRACULA 2000's Gerard Butler.
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Acting Career of Sarah Siddons
British actress Sarah (Kemble) Siddons did more than any other individual to establish the profession as a "dignified calling for women".
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Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth
The Shakespearean tragedy focuses on romantic upheaval, misfortunes and downfall of the celebrated English playwright's major male characters.
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The Effect of Reading on the Brain
The human brain is quite literally shaped by experiences; reading a Shakespearean play is one such experience that may build connections as the drama unfolds.
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Awards 2001 - Jumping to Conclusions Pt. 1
We bludgeon the numbers from the Great, Big, Gigundo Chart of all the awards to come up with some <i>astonishing</i> conclusions!
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Grasping the Nettle
The history and uses of the common nettle
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Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar
Defying expectations, Marlon Brando was an impressive Marc Antony in the 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"
A quintessentially modernist poem, "The Waste Land" is noted for its length, frequent use of allusion, foreign language phrases, and fragmented style.
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Fun With Math - 2001!
We shoot a statistical blunderbuss at the Great, Big Chart of Winners and Losers and leap off the cliff!
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Sarah Siddons: Actress Of Theatre, Queen of Tragedy
Sarah Siddons was known for her tragic portayals of the Theatre. Her life was the stage and her memory reigns on.
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The Biographers 1/2
Life and works of Cornelius Nepos and Plutarch
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At the Reference Desk: Commonly Asked Questions
Part two.
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