100% OF ALL AUFIDIUSES (Aufidii?) I HAVE EVER SEEN HAVE BEEN NORTHERNERS or technically, I guess, No
100% OF ALL AUFIDIUSES (Aufidii?) I HAVE EVER SEEN HAVE BEEN NORTHERNERS or technically, I guess, Northern or Scottish… or at least, decidedly not from the SouthCoriolanus is really not one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, and I think I have been subconsciously afraid of Tom Hiddleston ever since The Hollow Crown (which I really hated) (though it wasn’t his fault!), so despite my love for Hadley Fraser, I may have gone into this production with a bit of an unintended bias against it.I thought it was decent (the kiss made sense) (black box theaters are so fun) (but god I really don’t like this play) up until Coriolanus’ death scene, which was SO AMAZING AND SO GENIUS that I was completely FLOORED. It gave me critical whiplash because I turned so quickly to resounding approbation! Ugh but that death scene, honestly, INTERPRETIVE PERFECTION.Despite my general apathy toward Coriolanus, I do end up quoting the phrases “he is a lion I am proud to hunt” and “fisting each other’s throat” constantly because one is gorgeous and the other is H I L A R I O U S -- source link
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