The Roman Plays Blu-ray Set (RSC)

This special collection brings together four critically lauded productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time - presenting old tales that are as pertinent to today’s world as they were in the Roman world. This box set includes Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Titus Andronicus.

Directed and performed by some of the world’s leading interpreters of Shakespeare, this collection of plays represents the culmination of a large project for the Royal Shakespeare Company, showing the relevance of The Bard’s historical plays to today’s world. Aided by brilliant music from some of today’s greatest music creators, including Laura Mvula and Mira Calix, each individual play draws us endlessly into their unique, yet relatable, worlds whilst also showing the breadth Shakespeare’s dramatic greatness.

Filmed throughout 2017 in Stratford-upon-Avon, these four plays prove that some of Shakespeare’s lesser performed works should still be looked at in high regard, and still have the power to hold a mirror to contemporary society, with their universal themes and often tragic central characters.

Royal Shakespeare Company
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar: Andrew Woodall
Mark Antony: James Corrigan
Cassius:Martin Hutson
Octavius: Jon Tarcy
Brutus: Alex Waldmann
Composer: Mira Calix
Director: Angus Jackson

Coriolanus
Coriolanus: Sope Dirisu
Aufidius: James Corrigan
Menenius: Paul Jesson
Volumnia: Haydn Gwynne
Cominius: Charles Aitken
Titus Lartius: Ben Hall
Composer: Mira Calix
Director: Angus Jackson

Antony & Cleopatra
Cleopatra: Josette Smith
Antony:Antony Byrne
Octavius Caesar: Ben Allen
Composer: Laura Mvula
Director: Iqbal Khan

Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus: David Troughton
Tamora: Nia Gwynne
Lavinia: Hannah Morrish
Coriolanus: Sope Dirisu
Volumina: Haydn Gwynne
Composer:Matt Woodward
Director:Blanche McIntyre

Plus: Cast Interviews / Interviews with the Directors / Director’s Commentaries /Cast Galleries / Laura Mvula: Making Music for the Stage