tragedy

Coriolanus

c. 1607–1608

Rome's greatest general can't stop despising the people he's supposed to protect.

Start reading — Act 1, Scene 1 →

Scenes

Act 1

1.1 Rome. A street 1.2 Corioles. The Senate House 1.3 Rome. An apartment in Martius’ house 1.4 Before Corioles 1.5 Within Corioles. A street 1.6 Near the camp of Cominius 1.7 The gates of Corioles 1.8 A field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian camps 1.9 The Roman camp 1.10 The camp of the Volsces

Act 2

2.1 Rome. A public place 2.2 Rome. The Capitol 2.3 Rome. The Forum

Act 3

3.1 Rome. A street 3.2 Rome. A room in Coriolanus’s house 3.3 Rome. The Forum

Act 4

4.1 Rome. Before a gate of the city 4.2 Rome. A street near the gate 4.3 A highway between Rome and Antium 4.4 Antium. Before Aufidius’s house 4.5 Antium. A hall in Aufidius’s house 4.6 Rome. A public place 4.7 A camp at a short distance from Rome

Act 5

5.1 Rome. A public place 5.2 An Advanced post of the Volscian camp before Rome. 5.3 The tent of Coriolanus 5.4 Rome. A public place 5.5 Rome. A street near the gate 5.6 Antium. A public place

Dramatis personæ

CAIUS MARTIUS CORIOLANUS a noble Roman
VOLUMNIA his mother
VIRGILIA his wife
YOUNG MARTIUS their son
VALERIA friend to Volumnia and Virgilia
A GENTLEWOMAN Volumnia’s attendant
MENENIUS AGRIPPA Friend to Coriolanus
COMINIUS General against the Volscians
TITUS LARTIUS General against the Volscians
SICINIUS VELUTUS Tribune of the People
JUNIUS BRUTUS Tribune of the People
A ROMAN HERALD
TULLUS AUFIDIUS General of the Volscians
LIEUTENANT to Aufidius
TWO VOLSCIAN GUARDS