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'A Forty-Minute Coriolanus' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff - additional information.


'A Forty-Minute Coriolanus' by Shakespeare, abridged Bill Tordoff
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Period and Geography
Location: Rome. Time Period: Ancient
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 1
Setting: Castle Interior, Street and A Room
Set Requirements: Furniture Only
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: less than 1 known rude word per thousand.
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
Costume notes
Style:
Abridgement of William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Coriolanus', with the original text cut down to 40 minutes.
(The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.)
Synopsis:
In the early days of the Roman republic, Caius Martius Coriolanus is a brilliant Roman General, but contemptuous of the civilian population. After a successful military campaign against the Volsces (an Italian tribe), Coriolanus runs for Consul. He is supported by the Senate, but the common people are stirred-up to riot against him. Still contemptuous of the people, Corilanus is exciled from Rome and takes his revenge by leading the Volsces against Rome. His mother intervenes and persuades him to sign a peace treaty. Unfortunately, his Volscian allies see this as a betrayal, and Coriolanus pays the price.

 
 

 
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