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Sep 28, 2016 · Royal Shakespeare Company: Cymbeline: Directed by Melly Still. With Hiran Abeysekera, Romayne Andrews, Gillian Bevan, Doreene Blackstock. Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him.
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- Drama, Romance
- Melly Still
- 2016-09-28
May 24, 2016 · Cymbeline played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until October 2016, then it transferred... Director Melly Still explains the story of Shakespeare's Cymbeline.
- 4 min
- 52.2K
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- The Wager
- The Disguise
- Invasion
Cymbeline banishes Posthumus to Rome, where he meets Iachimo, who wagers with him that he can seduce Imogen. Arriving in Britain, Iachimo realises that she is incorruptible, but, hiding in her bedroom, obtains false evidence which convinces Posthumus that he has won the wager.
Posthumus orders his servant Pisanio to kill Imogen at Milford Haven, but instead Pisanio advises her to disguise herself as Fidele, a page. In Wales, she meets her brothers, who were stolen twenty years before by the banished nobleman Belarius. Cloten pursues Imogen to Wales in Posthumus' clothes, determined to rape her and kill Posthumus. Instead...
When she revives, Imogen/Fidele joins the Roman army, which is invading Britain as a result of Cymbeline's failure to pay tribute to Rome. Posthumus and the stolen princes are instrumental in defeating the Roman army. A final scene of explanations leads to private and public reconciliation.
Here's what we know about the legend of this British king. In our current production of Cymbeline, the title role refers the Queen of Britain, played by Gillian Bevan. In Shakespeare’s original version, however, Cymbeline is a male monarch.
Today (Monday 6 March 2023), the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announce full casting for the upcoming production of Cymbeline, directed by RSC Artistic Director Emeritus Gregory Doran, which will run in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 22 April to Saturday 27 May 2023, with press night on Wednesday 3 May.
Oct 20, 2016 · Watch Bethan Cullinane as Innogen and Oliver Johnstone as Iachimo in Act 2, Scene 2 of our production of Cymbeline, directed by Melly Still.
- 5 min
- 76.3K
- Royal Shakespeare Company
An ineffectual Queen Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of two of her children, Cymbeline's judgment is clouded. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart Posthumus in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him.
