Coriolanus starring tom hiddleston a scorching tom hiddleston leads director josie rourkes tense, revelatory staging of. See more ideas about tom hiddleston, toms and thomas william hiddleston. Josie rourke also uses the donmars intimacy to come up with a fast, witty, intelligent production that in tom hiddleston boasts a fine coriolanus. Is the value of the performance of coriolanus lost completely in the hype of the fandom. Tom hiddleston suits up at the after party for the press night of his play coriolanus held at the hospital club on tuesday evening.
As tom hiddleston picks up the best actor prize at the 2014 evening standard theatre awards for his role in shakespeares coriolanus, we revisit our interview with the 33yearold english actor in. News articles, video interviews, screenshots from movies, anything at. Tom hiddleston is returning to the theatre for the first time in five years with the lead role in shakespeares coriolanus along with a veteran, respected cast that includes mark gatiss. Tom hiddleston as coriolanus, donmar warehouse, 2014 tom hiddleston as coriolanus shakeapeare play coriolanus dec 20 to feb 2014 as for my country i have shed my blood, not fearing outward force, so shall my lungs coin words till their decay. Sadly, most of us mere mortals will never get to experience this for ourselves, so when speaking with his coriolanus costar birgitte hjort sorensen, i had to ask. In december 20 he starred as the title character in the donmar warehouse production of coriolanus which played until february 2014. Coriolanus the turmoil of war and political conflict sound the theme for the last of shakespeares tragedies.
He is truely one of the most talented, charismatic and charming actors ever. Caius martius, aka coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting rome from its free download. Download now from within the national theatre backstage app on the. Avengers star and thespian tom hiddleston is taking on yet another of the bards best roles in the upcoming donmar warehouse production of william shakespeares coriolanus and the popular. The deep blue sea trailer rachel weisz and tom hiddleston romance. Caius martius coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his. Tom hiddleston chats to director josie rourke and shows off his classic actor impressions as part of the audio commentary for the nt live encore cinema screening of coriolanus. Tom hiddleston talks thor 2, his popularity online, solo loki movie, crimson peak, and more by torrilla. Tags i love this william shakespeare coriolanus gay coriolanus scene tom hiddleston.
Even if you were a liberal arts major its easy to skip over this shakespeare gem, but read coriolanus and it will contend as a favorite. Louis shakespeares 2012 production of shakespeares coriolanus. Tom hiddleston perfomance in coriolanus was really stunning, impressive. In the directorial debut of ralph fiennes, shakespeares tale of the famous, and infamous, roman general coriolanus is moved to a modern, fictionalized setting. Now we find the same slightly desperate gambit in a stunty production of coriolanus. Based in a alternate version of modern day rome, the film begins with the city in turmoil over government oppression and the withholding of. Download now from within the national theatre backstage app on the app store currently available for ipad and iphone. If you are the owner for this file, please report abuse to 4shared. Tom hiddleston has released a trailer for his forthcoming performance in the title role of shakespeares coriolanus, at the donmar warehouse in london, starting in december. Internationally recognized screen superstar and stalwart stage actor tom hiddleston returns to the donmar warehouse with the hotly anticipated new production of william shakespeares coriolanus. The independent national theatre lives 20 broadcast of the donmar warehouses production of coriolanus returns to cinemas by popular demand.
National theatre live will broadcast the donmar warehouses production of coriolanus, shakespeares searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with tom hiddleston the avengers, war horse film, bbcs the hollow crown in the title role and mark. A love of all things tom hiddleston and anything that directly links to that lovely, lovely man. Tom hiddleston strips to his muscular torso on stage in coriolanus. Coriolanus w tom hiddleston official trailer youtube. So im lauding the whole production but just for a moment lets talk about tom hiddleston and recall the roles he played in the preceding years. Most of the songs he previously recorded in studio and lip synced will filming but two of the songs he sang live on camera while filming. He has won in the best actor nominee at the evening standard theatre awards recently. All sorts of relevant things about hiddles go here. Surrounded by war and political conflict, coriolanus is a rock of strength, but a rock. In this tragedy, shakespeare studies the character of a soldier. When solicitor jonathan harker sets off for transylvania to sell the mysterious count dracula a gothic mansion, his bridetobe, mina, begs him to stay to no avail. Tom hiddleston is a british actor whose theatre credits include.
Tom hiddleston has been recognised for his work in coriolanus with a nomination for the olivier awards. Sang all his own vocals for his performance as hank williams in i saw the light. Hamlet, coriolanus, ivanov, othello, cymbeline, the changeling. This is one of the most memorable character portrayed by tom hiddleston and we wish, honestly, to have the chance to prestige the play, not only because of tom, but also for the brilliant work of the whole cast. The tragedy is one of the last two tragedies written by shakespeare, along with antony and cleopatra coriolanus is the name given to a roman general after his. With only a small amount of television roles and moderate success in theatre, hiddleston rose to fame as loki in the superhero adaptation thor dir.
Josie rourke is the artistic director of the donmar warehouse. The play is based on the life of the legendary roman leader caius marcius coriolanus. Hes up for best actor against henry goodman, rory kinnear and jude law. The donmar is the ideal venue for unadulterated shakespeare, interpretations that rely on the language, rather than flash trappings. Attention is attention right, and honestly shakespeare has not been this hot in a long time.
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Thomas william tom hiddleston born 9 february 1981 is an english actor. Tom hiddleston for coriolanus at the donmar warehouse. Hiddleston starred as the title character in a production of coriolanus 202014 winning the evening standard theatre award for best actor and receiving a nomination for the olivier award for best actor. Deborah findleys volumnia tempts one to fantasize a grudgematch wrestlemania event with lady m. Bloody behind the scenes featurette for coriolanus with. With tom hiddleston, mark gatiss, hadley fraser, jacqueline boatswain.