A Place Calling Itself Rome

T0210025890
Osborne's play, which was written in 1972, rewrites Shakespeare's Coriolanus in a modern political and military setting. The Roman intrigues and bloodshed of the original are transposed to a contemporary world in which the old guard patricians continue to manoeuvre against the new force of the 'people's politicians' and the ever-present mob. Osborne also makes more explicit the homoerotic subtext of the Coriolanus - Aufidius relationship.

Author

John Osborne

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Archive :: production:T0210025890, play:S887166106, venue:V235

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Production details

Rehearsed reading. Running time approximately 2 hours (including interval) Part of the Forgotten Classics season