Episode 69 – The Reception of Coriolanus

It’s time for a special episode!

After such a tumultuous life, it comes as no surprise that Coriolanus goes on to have a legacy that spreads after his literal death. So Coriolanus dies, but he lives!

In this episode, the Doctors turn their roving eye on how the story of Coriolanus has been transformed by his reappearance into the cultural mind of the West through Shakespeare's play and the centuries that follow.

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Episode 69 – The Reception of Coriolanus

Artwork: Act V Scene 3 of Shakespeare's Coriolanus by Gavin Hamilton 1803. Attribution is also given to Adam Cuerden as per Wikimedia Commons

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