Cymbeline: Play Guide and Free Edition
Cymbeline: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Cymbeline is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shakespeare, William (1564–1616).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Cymbeline" by William Shakespeare is a play written around 1611. Set in Ancient Britain, it follows Princess Imogen, secretly married to Posthumus Leonatus against her father King Cymbeline's wishes. When Posthumus is banished, a wager tests his faith in Imogen's virtue, leading to deception, disguise, and false accusations. As political tensions with Rome escalate and long-lost heirs unknowingly resurface, layers of betrayal and mistaken identity unfold across Britain and Italy, setting the stage for eventual revelation and reconciliation.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Cymbeline
- Author credits: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Drama
- Fathers and daughters -- Drama
- Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- Drama
- Married people -- Drama
- Tragicomedy
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
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