Note 15 — Chapter Five THE STAGING

Coriolanus, II, i, shows the same characteristics. Brutus and Sicinius who have been talking to Menenius step aside, according to the stage direction (106), when the Roman ladies enter. Shortly after they do so, the triumphal procession for Coriolanus enters, then moves on to the Capitol. Upon this exit Brutus and Sicinius, according to the Folio, “enter” (220 ff.) conversing about what they have seen. Apparently they had gone off and yet they are aware of what has taken place. The circumstances fit the conditions of the observation scene that I have been describing.