Chinese adaption of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus"

Since 2007, the Beijing People’s Art Theater has taken on Shakespeare’s "Coriolanus," a violent drama about the fate of an arrogant general. The play will cheer the Beijing audience again from May 3 to 12 on the stage of Meet in Beijing Festival 2013.

With no love story, Shakespeare’s "Coriolanus" is about the battlefield, riots, exile and revenge. Gaius Martius, a brillant Roman general, is undefeatable in battle, but fails to please his tribunes and citizens.

The banished general then teams up with the enemy leader in an assault on Rome. Persuaded by his mother, he finally withdraws, only to be killed by his new ally.

Two rock bands bring the ferocious battle scenes to life. And sixty rugged security guards play the rioters, giving the drama a realistic feel.

Pu Cunxin, one of China’s most popular stage actors, plays general Martius, later honored as "Corionalus" for conquering the city of the same name.

The drama, which shows the cruelty of a society toward an unyielding hero, caused a stir on the Chinese drama scene when it debuted in 2007.

 
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