CORIOLANUS @ BOSTON COMMON PARKMAN BANDSTAND

Posted on July 25, 2012 by SEAN CLANCY Email

Shakespeare on the Common (otherwise known as “commshakes,” otherwise known as “kinda disappointing if you were jonesin’ for a nice chocolate malt”) returns for another summer run at the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand. This year your local thespians present a Bardic b-side with Coriolanus, the tragedy of a Roman general and war hero undone by his contempt for the common citizen. If that sounds like an purposefully topical production for this post-Occupy election year…well, it is. More so if you know about the deleted act where Agrippa tries to sneak a sink into the Forum.

[Wed 7.25.12. Tremont St. at Boylston, Boston. 617.426.0863. 8pm/all ages/free. @commshakes. commshakes.org]

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"Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light." - Shakespeare, "The Rape of Lucrece" "I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture." - Shakespeare, "Last Will and Testament."

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