Coriolanus

A 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.

• Wilford LeachDirector

• Frank AduJunius Brutus
• Gloria FosterVolumnia
• CCH PounderValeria
• Earle HymanCominius
• Roscoe OrmanAdrian
• Michele ShayVirgilia
• Maurice WoodsAgrippa
• Keith DavidAedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
• Castulo GuerraSenator / Nicanor / Officer
• Denzel WashingtonRoman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
• Dennis TateServingman / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
• Peter Francis JamesVolscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier