The cast of Coriolanus
The people who make Coriolanus move — what they want, who they love, who they hate, and how each one fits the story. Tap any name to read more.
Menenius Agrippa
Patrician counselor and bridge between classes; voice of reason and eloquence · Elderly; described as 'old father Menenius'
Caius Marcius Coriolanus
Tragic protagonist; a supreme soldier undone by pride and inability to perform politics · Around thirty
Sicinius Velutus
Tribune of the people; manipulator of the mob and political rival to Coriolanus
Brutus
Tribune of the people; political schemer and manipulator
Cominius
Patrician general and consul; eloquent voice of Rome's military establishment · Elderly; described as worn by the wars
Volumnia
Coriolanus's mother; a formidable matriarch who shapes her son's martial identity and ultimately persuades him to spare Rome · elderly
Tullus Aufidius
Volscian general and Coriolanus's rival-turned-ally; mirror antagonist whose ambition ultimately destroys them both · Approximately Coriolanus's peer; maturity unknown
Caius Marcius
Patrician general of Rome, later renamed Coriolanus; the play's tragic protagonist · thirty (approximately)
First Senator
Roman patrician and voice of cautious authority
First Citizen
Spokesperson for the plebeian hunger and grievance
Virgilia
Coriolanus's wife; a woman of quiet loyalty and domestic devotion · Young woman, wife and mother
Titus Lartius
Valiant Roman general and trusted commander under Cominius
Third Servingman
Volscian household servant and bouncer
Second Servingman
Servant in Aufidius' household; witness to Coriolanus' arrival
Second Citizen
Commoner and voice of the plebeian masses; spokesman and moral questioner
The Citizens (Plebeians of Rome)
The collective voice of Rome's common people; a fickle mob easily swayed by tribunes and circumstance
First Servingman
Attendant in Aufidius's household; comic observer of Coriolanus's arrival
The Citizens / The People / The Plebeians
Collective voice of Rome's common people; the mob that shapes and unmakes Coriolanus
Third Citizen
A common plebeian; voice of moderate reason among Rome's masses
Valeria
A Roman noblewoman; friend and social companion to Volumnia and Virgilia
Messenger
Herald bearing news of war and political upheaval
A Roman
A spy and messenger who carries intelligence between Rome and the Volscian camp
Second Senator
Volscian senator and military advisor
The Aedile
A magistrate and officer of the people; servant to the tribunes
A Volscian Messenger
Messenger bearing intelligence of Rome's internal strife
First Soldier
Roman soldier under Marcius at Corioli
Second Messenger
Herald of Rome's salvation
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