Resource Guide
A Synopsis of Coriolanus
Beware spoilers! Primarily based on Plutarch's account of a legendary Roman general, Shakespeare's Coriolanus is a dramatic tale of war, politics, and betrayal.
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The World of the Play: Coriolanus' Rome
Situated on the Tiber River in central Italy, Rome grew from a city to an empire over the course of centuries. Sort out myth from fact with this primer on the historical setting of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.
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William Shakespeare
A condensed biography and career timeline of William Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare's England
With booming trade, increasing incomes, and a swelling population facing plagues and uncertain food supplies, England during the time of Shakespeare was an era of both prosperity and mortality.
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Coriolanus Reading List
Calling all readers! Multnomah County Library put together a reading list inspired by our production of Coriolanus.
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Cast & Creative Team
Meet the cast and creative team for Coriolanus.
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Shakespeare & Shakespeare’s England
- https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/history/james/midlands.html#coriolanus
- https://saveweekleyhallwood.com/newton-rebellion/
- https://intriguing-history.com/the-midland-revolt-1607/
- http://www.clarklunberry.com/uploads/4/2/3/4/42346943/4125436.pdf
- https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/coriolanus/coriolanus-a-modern-perspective/
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Coriolanus-by-Shakespeare
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare
- https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-life/
Rome
- https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-republic-guide-how-senate-plebeians-citizenship-women-democratic-fall-end/
- https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/the-problems-with-adapting-coriolanus-and-why-we-should-try-anyway/
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gnaeus-Marcius-Coriolanus
- https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/romes-transition-republic-empire/
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/democracy/England
- https://www.ushistory.org/civ/6a.asp
- https://medium.com/the-history-inquiry/democracy-and-the-roman-republic-779f18ba5fff
- https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/blog/coriolanus-and-the-body-politic-martius-butterfly/
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/449768?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/3844056?searchText=coriolanus&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcoriolanus%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A4b04cf96e62548898f14a0530c7a7132
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/459679?read-now=1&seq=15#page_scan_tab_contents
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/3195000?read-now=1&seq=7
- https://www.mpm.edu/research-collections/anthropology/anthropology-collections-research/mediterranean-oil-lamps/roman-empire-brief-history
- https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/roman-republic/
- https://roman-empire.net/republic/early-republic/
- https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/index.html
- https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=classtudent
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Volsci
- https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803120202612
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvxzImUCm0U
- http://www.roamintheempire.com/index.php/antium-history/
- https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Warfare/
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