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Sep 23, 2024 · The National Theatre has revealed first-look production photos of Coriolanus starring David Oyelowo. Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, The Crucible) directs David Oyelowo (Selma, Lawmen: Bass Reeves) in the titular role. The production, which follows Rome’s most celebrated warrior as he becomes its most dangerous enemy, is playing the Olivier ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Lyndsey Turner’s production runs until 9 November. Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s greatest leading roles – and one of his trickier plays. The new production at the National Theatre features a thrilling central performance by David Oyelowo, now best known as a movie star for films such as Selma. But it’s weighted down by a set by Es ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Coriolanus: David Oyelowo is thrilling as Shakespeare’s most inscrutable anti-hero Lyndsey Turner’s staging of this tricky tragedy ingeniously aligns it with a modern, ill-at-ease Britain ...
Sep 23, 2024 · National Theatre reveals first look at Coriolanus with David Oyelowo. Lyndsey Turner’s production is currently in previews. The National Theatre has unveiled production photos for its revival of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. David Oyelowo (Othello, Off-Broadway) makes his highly anticipated NT debut in the title role of director Lyndsey Turner ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Video, so often a foreground technique in theatre these days, here underlines the immediate nature of the play’s politics. The antihero’s meltdown happens at a public debate.
Sep 25, 2024 · A gilded replica of the Elgin Marbles appears behind Coriolanus when he eventually descends into full misanthropic fury, Oyelowo making brilliant, snarling work of a speech where he turns his back ...
Sep 27, 2024 · Lyndsey Turner's fast-paced production doesn't let the audience engage with its hero. Theatre review by Helen Hawkins The National’s new production of Coriolanus has to be one of the most handsome to appear on the Olivier stage. But it has arrived minus a key item: a hero whose end is tragic.
