About this episode
As the citizens riot for Coriolanus’s punishment, Menenius begs the Senate to show mercy and persuades them to allow Coriolanus to return home while they work to calm the angry mob. Together, Menenius and the Senators lament Coriolanus’s faults, then defend him against the vengeance of the Tribunes, Brutus and Sicinius, who agree to let Coriolanus defend himself in a public trial against charges of treason. Back in the safety of his home, Volumnia berates her son for his impulsivity and begs him to apologize to the people, while Menenius and Cominius offer their support. Coriolanus reluctantly agrees to return to the marketplace to stand trial and make amends. Meanwhile, Sicinius and Brutus work secretly to stir up the passions of the crowd in order to provoke Coriolanus’s rage, so that the Senate will take immediate action against him. The plan works. Coriolanus cannot keep his cool against accusations of treason and flies into a rage. Neither Cominius nor Menenius can turn the tide. The Tribunes banish Coriolanus from Rome for life. Welcome to the fourth episode of the Play On Podcasts' Series Coriolanus . Synopsis: The citizens riot against Coriolanus while he shelters at home, where his mother begs him to return to the marketplace and make a public apology. But once he begins to address the crowd, Coriolanus cannot contain his rage and is banished from Rome. Play On Podcasts Series Coriolanus is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation. New episodes go live every Friday. Please subscribe, rate & review on your app of choice. Visit ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast for bonus content including interviews, images and bios of the full cast & creative team. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare. The Cast: ANDRUS NICHOLS as Brutus, Various CHANNIE WAITES as Lartius, Various CHING VALDES-ARAN as Volumnia, Various DANAYA ESPERANZA as Coriolanus JAMIE ANN ROMERO as Valeria, Various KIM WUAN as Aufidus, Virgilia, Various LENNE KLINGAMEN as Citizen 1, Various NANCY RODRIGUEZ as Sicinius, Various NEMUNA CEESAY as Citizen 3, Various PATRENA MURRAY as Menenius VANESSA KAI as Cominius ZO TIPP as Young Martius, Various Creative Team: SEAN SAN JOSÉ, Playwright KATE WISNIEWSKI , Director AMRITA RAMANAN , Dramaturg CATHERINE EATON, Script Adaptor DANIEL BEN-SHIMON, Engineer, Sound Designer PALMER HEFFEREN , Composer LARRY WALSH C.A.S , Re-Recording Mixer SADAHARU YAGI , Re-Recording Mixer EDGAR CAMEY , Engineer TOMMY FREED , Equipment Manage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices