Cymbeline
1st Edition
Published on 17. January 2007
70 pages
978-1-78319-369-1 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty years after his two sons disappeared, King Cymbeline's only daughter Imogen plans to marry against his wishes. Enraged, Cymbeline banishes her childhood sweetheart Posthumus from court. He flees to Italy and makes a wager he'll soon regret. Cymbeline's new queen plots with her ghastly son Cloten. Emperor Caesar is on the war-path. And poor Joan (who's just got back from the Costa de Sol) hasn't got a clue what's going on!
Kneehigh turn their unique storytelling style to one of Shakespeare's least performed plays. In a script packed with heart-stopping poetry and characteristic charm, their irreverent adaptation plays fast and loose with the Bard. The result is a wild, giddy and elemental adventure that swings from tragedy to comedy and back again. Never has confusion been such fun!
Cymbeline was commissioned by and co-produced in association with the RSC for the Complete Works Festival.
Kneehigh turn their unique storytelling style to one of Shakespeare's least performed plays. In a script packed with heart-stopping poetry and characteristic charm, their irreverent adaptation plays fast and loose with the Bard. The result is a wild, giddy and elemental adventure that swings from tragedy to comedy and back again. Never has confusion been such fun!
Cymbeline was commissioned by and co-produced in association with the RSC for the Complete Works Festival.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: 12 years
ISBN-13
978-1-78319-369-1 (9781783193691)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
William Shakespeare | Carl Grose
Cymbeline
Book
09/2007
Oberon Books Ltd
€14.50
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Persons
Emma is the Artistic Director of Kneehigh and for them has directed a number of plays including The Red Shoes, for which she won Best Director 2002 in the Barclays TMA Theatre Awards; The Wooden Frock (nominated for Best Touring Production 2004, TMA Theatre Awards); The Bacchae (winner of the TMA Best Touring Production 2005), Tristan & Yseult, Nights at the Circus and Cymbeline.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Families and Foes
- Characters
- Act One
- Act Two
