It's a tough play to bring off but underpowered acting doesn't helpCoriolanus is post-tragic. It never horrifies like Macbeth or appals like King Lear, though its self-damaging protagonist is disconcerting enough. Shakespeare had written the signature dark dramas by 1606, including the most magnificent of the four (truly) Roman plays, Antony and Cleopatra. Along with Julius Caesar and Titus Andronicus, all …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:33PM on November 12, 2017