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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS

Contents

ACT I
Scene I. Rome. A street
Scene II. Corioles. The Senate House
Scene III. Rome. An apartment in Martius’ house
Scene IV. Before Corioles
Scene V. Within Corioles. A street
Scene VI. Near the camp of Cominius
Scene VII. The gates of Corioles
Scene VIII. A field of battle between the Roman and the Volscian camps
Scene IX. The Roman camp
Scene X. The camp of the Volsces
ACT II
Scene I. Rome. A public place
Scene II. Rome. The Capitol
Scene III. Rome. The Forum
ACT III
Scene I. Rome. A street
Scene II. Rome. A room in Coriolanus’s house
Scene III. Rome. The Forum
ACT IV
Scene I. Rome. Before a gate of the city
Scene II. Rome. A street near the gate
Scene III. A highway between Rome and Antium
Scene IV. Antium. Before Aufidius’s house
Scene V. Antium. A hall in Aufidius’s house
Scene VI. Rome. A public place
Scene VII. A camp at a short distance from Rome
ACT V
Scene I. Rome. A public place
Scene II. An Advanced post of the Volscian camp before Rome.
Scene III. The tent of Coriolanus
Scene IV. Rome. A public place
Scene V. Rome. A street near the gate
Scene VI. Antium. A public place

Dramatis Personæ

CAIUS MARTIUS CORIOLANUS, a noble Roman
VOLUMNIA, his mother
VIRGILIA, his wife
YOUNG MARTIUS, their son
VALERIA, friend to Volumnia and Virgilia
A GENTLEWOMAN, Volumnia’s attendant

MENENIUS AGRIPPA, Friend to Coriolanus
COMINIUS, General against the Volscians
TITUS LARTIUS, General against the Volscians
SICINIUS VELUTUS, Tribune of the People
JUNIUS BRUTUS, Tribune of the People
A ROMAN HERALD

TULLUS AUFIDIUS, General of the Volscians
LIEUTENANT, to Aufidius
Conspirators with Aufidius
A CITIZEN of Antium
TWO VOLSCIAN GUARDS

Roman and Volscian Senators, Patricians, Aediles, Lictors, Soldiers, Citizens, Messengers, Servants to Aufidius, and other Attendants

SCENE: Partly in Rome, and partly in the territories of the Volscians and Antiates.