An engraving by James Caldwell, from a painting by Gavin Hamilton, of action from Act V, Scene III of William Shakespeare's 1608 play Coriolanus. The play, based on the life of the possibly legendary Roman general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, was originally published in the First Folio of 1623, but its first known performance, an adaptation by Nahum Tate, did not take place until 1682.Restoration: Adam Cuerden