Transcript Cymbeline

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised
26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616)
was an English poet and
playwright, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English
language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often
called England's national poet and
the "Bard of Avon". His surviving
works, including some
collaborations, consist of 38 plays,
154 sonnets, two long narrative
poems, and several other poems.
His plays have been translated into
every major living language and
are performed more often than
those of any other playwright.
CYMBELINE
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Cymbeline is a play by
William Shakespeare, based
on legends concerning the
early Celtic British King
Cunobelinus. Although listed
as a tragedy in the First Folio,
modern critics often classify
Cymbeline as a romance. Like
Othello, Measure for Measure,
and The Winter's Tale, it deals
with the themes of innocence
and jealousy. While the
precise date of composition
remains unknown, the play
was certainly produced as
early as 1611.
Characters of Cymbeline
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CYMBELINE, King of Britain
QUEEN, Wife to Cymbeline
CLOTEN, Son to the Queen by a former Husband
IMOGEN / INNOGEN, Daughter to Cymbeline by a former Queen
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS, a Gentleman, Husband to Imagen
BELARIUS, a banished Lord, disguised under the name of Morgan
GUIDERIUS & ARVIRAGUS, Sons to Cymbeline, disguised under the names of Polydore
and Cadwal, supposed Sons to Morgan
PHILARIO, Friend to Posthumus
IACHIMO / JACHIMO / GIACOMO , Friend to Philario
HELEN, a Lady attending on Imogen
CAIUS LUCIUS, General of the Roman Forces
PISANIO, Servant to Posthumus
CORNELIUS, a Physician
A Roman Captain
Two British Captains
A French Gentleman, Friend to Philario
Two Lords of Cymbeline's Court
Two Gentleman of the same
Two Gaolers
Lords, Ladies, Roman Senators, Tribunes, a Dutch Gentleman, a Spanish Gentleman, a
Soothsayer, Musicians, Officers, Captains, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants
Cymbeline Part 1
-Posthumus secretly marries Imogen, the
daughter of King Cymbeline.
 - When King Cymbeline finds out, he
banishes Posthumus from the kingdom.
 -After this, a soldier of the roman army,
Iachimo, makes a bet with Posthumus that
Imogen will commit adultery with him.
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Cymbeline Part 2
- Iachimo then sneaks into Imogens room while
she’s a sleep and he steals her bracelet, as a
proof that he’s been with her and she’s
commited adultery.
 -When Posthumus finds out, he sends one of
King Cymbeline servants, Pisanio, to murder
Imogen.
 - But Pisanio can’t do that, so he warns Imogen
and he sends her to the West Coast of Wales,
where she’ll disguise herself as a boy.
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Cymbeline Part 3
-In this place, she meets two men, that are
Imogens real brothers
 - Twenty years before, two British noblemen
swore false oaths charging that Belarius had
conspired with the ancient Romans, which led
Cymbeline to banish him.
 - Belarius kidnapped Cymbeline's young sons in
retaliation, to hinder him from having heirs to
the throne. The sons were raised by the nurse
Euriphile, whom they called mother and took her
for such.
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Cymbeline Part 4
-The Queen (Imogen’s stepmother) dies and
with her last breath she confesses that she
never loved Cymbeline, she unsuccessfully
attempeted to have Imogen poisoned by Pisanio
so Cloten, her real son, could assume the
throne.
 - At the end, Cymbeline declares peace and
friendship between Britain and Rome, and he
concludes with an oration to the gods: "Never
was a war did cease, / Ere bloody hands were
washed, with such a peace."
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