This woman-powered, modern-verse production of “Coriolanus” is a moving reflection on universal themes of pride, humility, and the power of the common people.

Crucially, the video game conceit suits the play — not only the fight-heavy storyline, with its sense of continually rebooting military and political clashes, but also Coriolanus’s relative ...

Ralph Fiennes is compelling in “Coriolanus,” a modern take on a Shakespearean play that skewers elitism, professional politicians and a fickle populace.

A movie review of "Coriolanus," directed by Ralph Fiennes and starring Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave. The war drama is a brutal, streamlined, modern ...

‘Coriolanus,” Shakespeare’s most explicitly political play, has largely failed to hold the American stage.It has been mounted on Broadway only once, by the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project in ...

Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut adapts Shakespeare's Coriolanus, about a Roman general with his eye on political office. Critic David Edelstein says that in Fiennes' hands, the modern-day update ...

Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays; perhaps because the hero is so pugnacious and classist, impressive in his strident vehemence, but lacking the vulnerability of a Macbeth ...

The historical Coriolanus, if he existed at all, was Rome’s most fearsome fighter, trained as a child, excelling as a warrior-leader and able to conquer whole other cities sometimes single-handedly.

Coriolanus Through Aug. 11 at the Delacorte Theater, Manhattan; 212-539-8500, publictheater.org. Running time: 3 hours. Ben Brantley is the co-chief theater critic for The New York Times.