Banned in China: Banned in France — in the 1930s, Coriolanus's military elitism and contempt for democracy resonated with French fascists, to the point the beleaguered French government outright banned performances of it.
Arguably the biggest imprint the play has left in modern mainstream consciousness is from The Hunger Games, whose Big Bad is named Coriolanus Snow, who appropriately is a totalitarianpresident seeking to perpetuate endless conflict.
