About this episode

Tim and Sarah-Jane explore Shakespeare's Coriolanus, focusing on its language and performances.

In this episode Tim and Sarah-Jane dive deeper into Shakespeare's underrated tragedy by comparing some of the great performances of the play, exploring Coriolanus' use of language, Volumnia's use of rhetoric, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim, Sarah-Jane

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• tragedy
• language
• rhetoric
• performance

Keywords

• Coriolanus
• Shakespeare
• tragedy
• language
• rhetoric
• performance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Coriolanus

More episodes of The Play's the Thing

• The Life of Shakespeare: Part One (rerun) · June 12, 2026 · 1h 27m
• Coriolanus: Q&A (rerun) · June 5, 2026 · 54 min
• Coriolanus: Act IV (rerun) · May 29, 2026 · 1h 12m
• Coriolanus: Act III (rerun) · May 22, 2026 · 1h 4m

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