A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Coriolanus (1979)
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Frank Adu
Junius Brutus

Gloria Foster
Volumnia

CCH Pounder
Valeria

Earle Hyman
Cominius

Roscoe Orman
Adrian

Michele Shay
Virgilia
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Maurice Woods
Agrippa

Keith David
Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen

Castulo Guerra
Senator / Nicanor / Officer