His mother, his wife, and his son, however, beg him to stop his attack. Hungry for revenge, Coriolanus becomes leader of the Volscian army and marches to the gates of Rome. However, after an attempt at political office turns sour, he is banished from Rome as a traitor. The Roman military leader Caius Martius, after leading Rome to several victories against the Volscians, returns home as a war hero with a new last name, Coriolanus, given for the city of Corioles which he conquered. No recorded performances prior to the Restoration the first recorded performance involved Nahum Tate's bloody 1682 adaptation at Drury Lane. Antony attempts to take the throne from Octavius and fails, while Cleopatra commits suicide. What used to be a friendship between Emperor Octavius and Antony develops into a hatred as Antony rejects the Emperor's sister, his wife, in favour of Cleopatra. In a setting soon after Julius Caesar, Marc Antony is in love with Cleopatra, an Egyptian queen. Main article: Shakespearean tragedy Shakespeare's plays Titleīelieved to have been performed between 16.
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