Shakespeare’s Election of Coriolanus

The Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon Series:

Inspired by our annual Southern Literary Salons, by our recent digital Decameron Project during the virus shut-down, and our generous long-time friend and scholar Dr. Greta Coger, we offer you a full slate of one-hour (or less) curated readings, scenes, speeches, and discussions that explore important authors and subjects close to home. Presented by TSC’s resident artists on our Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage, Greta’s Salon Series will engage you in an informal, comfortable, safe atmosphere on either our Tabor Stage or via our digital, paid simulcast.

Like to a Lonely Dragon:
Shakespeare’s Election of Coriolanus
curated by Dan McCleary
Friday, October 9 at 8:00 pm

You may not be familiar with Coriolanus, but now is a good time to be. Shakespeare’s superior political play was created while London’s playhouses were shut down, while the starving workers were rising in protest against the land-owners, and after his mother died. He chose the age of Rome through which to examine abuses of elected leaders, the exercise of basic civil liberties, and shifting systems of government. A thinly-veiled form of Democracy and a shocking political election at the play’s center launch a story short on poetry but long on freedom – of the heart, of the people, and of their leadership.