Who should lead in a land where the political rules are rapidly shifting and reordering, class revolt is raging, and basic food has become unaffordable? Is there a place for Coriolanus (McKinley ...

Though not the most lovable, Ralph Fiennes is certainly a great actor, with a seemingly impassive lizardlike gaze and the suggestion of some inner cruelty. These stern qualities are offset by ...

Shakespeare’s unloved tragedy about populism and hubris in Ancient Rome is often regarded as a poor cousin to Julius Caesar. Its plot is less dynamic, its unyielding protagonist, who is forced ...

It’s not surprising that Shakespeare remains the most filmed author of all time. (Yes, children, that even includes Stephen King.) In fact, in any given year there are more adaptations of Shakespeare ...

Bare-Knuckle Politics: The battle-hardened Roman general Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) runs for office at the urging of his mother (Vanessa Redgrave) — but it turns out he's no booster of majority rule.

Taking a Shakespeare play out of its original period and context is dangerous business. Get it right — figure out what’s modern and fresh about the centuries-old text — and you wind up with something ...

Stage productions broadcast live in cinemas have been a fixture in the UK since 2009, when the National Theatre's Phèdre was seen by more than 50,000 people. Numbers now tend to be far higher (the ...