Shakespeare: The Roman Plays [Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Anthony & Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus]

The Royal Shakespeare Company transports you to Shakespeares Rome with a thrilling collection of four of the playwrights most gripping plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus. Filmed live in Stratford-upon-Avon and played out on an epic shared stage, this extraordinary collection exposes the decadence, politics, power play and corruption of Ancient Rome, charting the decline of an empire from birth to eventual implosion. CORIOLANUS Shakespeares war play, a tragedy based on the life of legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. JULIUS CAESAR Shakespeares epic political tragedy, where the race to claim the empire spirals out of control. ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Shakespeares tragedy of love and duty. TITUS ANDRONICUS Shakespeares bloodiest play takes place in a world of chaos and disorder.

Titus Andronicus:
David Troughton (Titus), Nia Gwynne (Tamora), Stefan Adegbola (Aaron), Hannah Morrish (Lavinia), Patrick Drury (Marcus Andronicus), Martin Hutson (Saturninus), Dharmesh Patel (Bassianus), Tom McCall (Lucius), Luke MacGregor (Chiron), Sean Hart (Demetrius), Jon Tarcy (Alarbus)

Coriolanus:
Sope Dirisu (Coriolanus), James Corrigan (Aufidius), Paul Jesson (Menenius), Haydn Gwynne (Volumnia), Charles Aitken (Cominius), Ben Hall (Titus Lartius), Martina Laird (Junius Brutus), Hannah Morrish (Virgilia), Katherine Toy (Valeria)

Julius Caesar
Andrew Woodall (Julius Caesar), James Corrigan (Mark Antony), Martin Hutson (Cassius), Jon Tarcy (Octavius), Alex Waldmann (Brutus), Patrick Drury (Publius/Cinna the Poet), Hannah Morrish (Portia), Kristin Atherton (Calpurnia), Anthony Ofoegbu (Cicero/Ligarius), David Burnett (Murullus/Trebonius/Pindarus)

Antony & Cleopatra
Josette Simon (Cleopatra), Antony Byrne (Mark Antony), Andrew Woodall (Enobarbus), Patrick Drury (Lepidus/Schoolmaster), Ben Allen (Octavius Caesar), David Burnett (Pompey), Amber James (Charmian)