Players Offer Unfamiliar Tragedy
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
August 2, 1953
August 1953
Middletown, Ohio
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At The Antioch Area Theater - The Antioch Area Theatre players, who are approaching the halfway mark in their 10-week session of Shakespeare under the stars at Yellow Springs, O., Friday night offered their version of the unfamiliar tragedy of "Coriolanus." The play tells of a Roman war hero whose pride will not let him beg the people's approval. Their wrath, worked up by scheming leaders, leads to the banishment of Coriolanus, who then joins his enemies to fight Rome. The Antioch players as directed in this performance by Meredith Dallas, a professor of speech at Antioch College attempt to slip modern overtones into the script. Hints are thrown at the audience that much of what is going on is the story of tyranny or Coriolanus against democracy and the people...
At The Antioch Area Theater - The Antioch Area Theatre players, who are approaching the halfway mark in their 10-week session of Shakespeare under the stars at Yellow Springs, O., Friday night offered their version of the unfamiliar tragedy of "Coriolanus." The play tells of a Roman war hero whose pride will not let him beg the people's approval. Their wrath, worked up by scheming leaders, leads to the banishment of Coriolanus, who then joins his enemies to fight Rome. The Antioch players as directed in this performance by Meredith Dallas, a professor of speech at Antioch College attempt to slip modern overtones into the script. Hints are thrown at the audience that much of what is going on is the story of tyranny or Coriolanus against democracy and the people...
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