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Coriolanus

When she, poor hen, hasclucked thee to the wars and safely home,loaden with honors

When she, poor hen, has
clucked thee to the wars and safely home,
loaden with honors

Full Transcript

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When she, poor hen, has clucked thee to the wars
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and safely home, loaden with honors.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
02:08:22
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.
Say my request's unjust, and spurn me back, - Coriolanus 00:18
Say my request's unjust, and spurn me back,
He turns away, down ladies, let us shame him with our knees. - Coriolanus 00:07
He turns away, down ladies, let us shame him with our knees.
To his surname Coriolanus, - Coriolanus 00:10
To his surname Coriolanus,
This is the last! - Coriolanus 00:05
This is the last!
So, we will home to Rome, and die among our neighbors. - Coriolanus 00:08
So, we will home to Rome, and die among our neighbors.
Nay, beholds this boy that cannot tell what he would have - Coriolanus 00:08
Nay, beholds this boy that cannot tell what he would have
This fellow had a Volscian to his mother, - Coriolanus 00:12
This fellow had a Volscian to his mother,
I am hushed, - Coriolanus 00:11
I am hushed,
What have you done? - Coriolanus 00:06
What have you done?
Behold, the heavens do ope, the gods look down, - Coriolanus 00:09
Behold, the heavens do ope, the gods look down,
Is't possible that so short a time - Coriolanus 00:07
Is't possible that so short a time
He wants nothing of a god but eternity - Coriolanus 00:06
He wants nothing of a god but eternity
Yes, mercy, if you report him truly. - Coriolanus 00:05
Yes, mercy, if you report him truly.
No, in such a case as this, - Coriolanus 00:07
No, in such a case as this,
When we banished him, we respected not them, - Coriolanus 00:08
When we banished him, we respected not them,
The plebeians have got your fellow tribune and hale him, - Coriolanus 00:10
The plebeians have got your fellow tribune and hale him,
This morning for ten thousand of your throats - Coriolanus 00:06
This morning for ten thousand of your throats
I raised him, - Coriolanus 00:13
I raised him,
Who being so heightened, - Coriolanus 00:11
Who being so heightened,
And to this end, - Coriolanus 00:14
And to this end,