in "coriolan" claudia bosse brought shakespeare's political argument-play with a dancing mass-chorus and 6 actors into the halls of a former tram depot in vienna. battle, entertainment, tap dance. metal plates on concrete. the beginning of democracy in the upcoming roman republic. political rhetoric. by discourse of bodies and languages the space starts to oscillate and the different elements clash.
shakespeare's tragedy "coriolanus" (1607/08) - a permanent collision of interests, political regimes, rules, rhetorics, imgages of state and bodies. city - streets - forum - capitol - camp - battlefield. plebeians, patricians, tribunes, senators. sodliers, officers, heroes.
28 scenes, there of a dozen on battlefields, masses of extras, extensive employment of special effects. the play portrays the beginning of democracy in the upcoming roman republic. class struggle, hesitating masses. rome, city of plebeians and patricians. in this play from shakespeare, the people turns into an agent of history.