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* [[Ancient Rome]]: Coriolanus may be a Roman legend (or semi-legend), but the characters that Shakespeare calls [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippa_Menenius_Lanatus_(consul_503_BC) Menenius Agrippa], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumus_Cominius_Auruncus Cominius], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Lartius Titus Lartius], {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Sicinius_Vellutus Sicinius Vellutus], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Junius_Brutus Junius Brutus] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attius_Tullius Tullus Aufidius] were all real people in Roman history. They aren't all called by the correct names, but we know their identities, just the same. |
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* [[Banned in China|Banned in France]]: In the 1930's, Coriolanus's military elitism and contempt for democracy resonated with French fascists, to the point the beleaguered French government outright banned performances of it. |
* [[Banned in China|Banned in France]]: In the 1930's, Coriolanus's military elitism and contempt for democracy resonated with French fascists, to the point the beleaguered French government outright banned performances of it. |
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* [[Canis Latinicus]]: In the 2011 film, there's a scene where Caius Martius (the eponymous Coriolanus) is telling his troops, "Make you a sword of me." In the background is grafitti reading,"Non illegitimi carborundum"--Dog Latin for "Don't let the bastards grind you down." |
* [[Canis Latinicus]]: In the 2011 film, there's a scene where Caius Martius (the eponymous Coriolanus) is telling his troops, "Make you a sword of me." In the background is grafitti reading,"Non illegitimi carborundum"--Dog Latin for "Don't let the bastards grind you down." |
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* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: Shakespeare based much of the play on the works of [[Plutarch]], who reported the story of Coriolanus as the biography of a real person. Recent scholars, however, believe that Coriolanus was [http://www.livius.org/articles/person/coriolanus-gn-marcius/?#Assessment either legendary or a blend of two different stories]. |
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: Shakespeare based much of the play on the works of [[Plutarch]], who reported the story of Coriolanus as the biography of a real person. Recent scholars, however, believe that Coriolanus was [http://www.livius.org/articles/person/coriolanus-gn-marcius/?#Assessment either legendary or a blend of two different stories/events]. |
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- Ancient Rome: Coriolanus may be a Roman legend (or semi-legend), but the characters that Shakespeare calls Menenius Agrippa, Cominius, Titus Lartius, {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Sicinius_Vellutus Sicinius Vellutus], Junius Brutus and Tullus Aufidius were all real people in Roman history. They aren't all called by the correct names, but we know their identities, just the same.
- Banned in France: In the 1930's, Coriolanus's military elitism and contempt for democracy resonated with French fascists, to the point the beleaguered French government outright banned performances of it.
- Canis Latinicus: In the 2011 film, there's a scene where Caius Martius (the eponymous Coriolanus) is telling his troops, "Make you a sword of me." In the background is grafitti reading,"Non illegitimi carborundum"--Dog Latin for "Don't let the bastards grind you down."
- Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Shakespeare based much of the play on the works of Plutarch, who reported the story of Coriolanus as the biography of a real person. Recent scholars, however, believe that Coriolanus was either legendary or a blend of two different stories/events.