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Coriolanus

Better it is to die, better to starve than crave the hire whichfirst we do deserve

Better it is to die, better to starve than crave the hire which
first we do deserve

Full Transcript

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Better it is to die,
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better to starve
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than crave the hire which first we do deserve.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:31
Uploaded
Nov 03, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Stratford Festival,Ontario Creates,Melbar Entertainment Group,CBC

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Movie Summary

Roman War hero Martius, alias Coriolanus, is named consul, Rome's highest public office. But the warrior is no politician - and he faces unaccustomed enemies who fan the flames of populism against him, with catastrophic results.
Pray you now, if it may stand with the tune of your voice, - Coriolanus 00:06
Pray you now, if it may stand with the tune of your voice,
You have deserved nobly of your country - Coriolanus 00:08
You have deserved nobly of your country
You have been a scourge to her enemies, - Coriolanus 00:11
You have been a scourge to her enemies,
You should account me the more virtuous - Coriolanus 00:08
You should account me the more virtuous
Well, we hope to find you our friend - Coriolanus 00:06
Well, we hope to find you our friend
You have many scars for your country. - Coriolanus 00:05
You have many scars for your country.
Why in this wolfish garb should I stand here to beg - Coriolanus 00:09
Why in this wolfish garb should I stand here to beg
And what custom wills in all things should we do it. - Coriolanus 00:06
And what custom wills in all things should we do it.
The one part suffered, the other will I do. - Coriolanus 00:05
The one part suffered, the other will I do.
For your voices bear of wounds, two dozen odd. - Coriolanus 00:05
For your voices bear of wounds, two dozen odd.
Some less, some more, - Coriolanus 00:08
Some less, some more,
The gods give you joy and help to make you - Coriolanus 00:11
The gods give you joy and help to make you
He should have showed you his marks of merit, - Coriolanus 00:08
He should have showed you his marks of merit,
To the state, - Coriolanus 00:10
To the state,
Your voices might be curses to yourself? Thus to have said, as you were fore advised, - Coriolanus 00:15
Your voices might be curses to yourself? Thus to have said, ...
Get you hence instantly and tell these friends - Coriolanus 00:12
Get you hence instantly and tell these friends
Say, you chose him more after our commandment That we labored no impediment between - Coriolanus 00:06
Say, you chose him more after our commandment That we labore...
Say you ne'er had done it, harp on that still, - Coriolanus 00:09
Say you ne'er had done it, harp on that still,
Let them go on, if as his nature is, - Coriolanus 00:12
Let them go on, if as his nature is,
So the Volsces stand but as at first ready when time - Coriolanus 00:08
So the Volsces stand but as at first ready when time