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.
Cast

Gloria Foster
Volumnia

CCH Pounder
Valeria

Earle Hyman
Cominius

Roscoe Orman
Adrian

Michele Shay
Virgilia

Keith David
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

Castulo Guerra
Senator / Nicanor / Officer

Denzel Washington
Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Peter Francis James
Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Count Stovall
Volscian Citizen / Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
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