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/CYMBELINE/ (1983)

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Dvd Region: 2+4 Pal (UK & Europe)
Certificate: PG
Running Time: Approx. 175 minutes
Type: Fullscreen
Originally Transmitted: 10th July 1983
Dvd Release Date: 2005
Released By: BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Distributed By: DD Home Entertainment
Format: Colour Dvd Pal
Language: English
Subtitles: English sdh
Audio: Mono
Format: 4:3
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A TRAGEDIE
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare’s plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors.

“All of her that is out of door most rich!
If she be furnish’d with a mind so rare,
She is alone the Arabian bird, and I
Have lost the wager. Boldness be my friend!
Arm me, audacity, from head to foot!”
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen the low-born Posthumus as her husband. As the Queen tries to force Imogen to marry her own son, Posthumus flees to Rome. There his new friend Iachimo sets out to prove – by fair means or foul – that the pure Imogen will betray him . . .
One of Shakespeare’s final plays, Cymbeline has been celebrated for its characterisation, particularly that of Imogen and Iachimo (played here by Helen Mirren and Robert Lindsay). The New York Times welcomed this fine production, commenting that director Elijah Moshinsky had carried out “an outstanding job”.

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Enter two Gentlemen
FIRST GENTLEMAN:

"You do not meet a man but frowns. Our bloods
No more obey the heavens than our courtiers
Still seem as does the King."
Richard Johnson Helen Mirren
Michael Pennington
Claire Bloom Robert Lindsay Michael Gough
and Michael Hordern
Directed by Elijah Moshinsky
Produced by Shaun Sutton
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
In credits order
Richard Johnson ... Cymbeline
Hugh Thomas ... Cornelius
Aimée Delamain ... Gentlewoman
Claire Bloom ... Queen
Helen Mirren ... Imogen
Michael Pennington ... Posthumus
John Kane ... Pisanio
Nicholas Young ... Lord
Paul Jesson ... Cloten
Robert Lindsay ... Iachimo
Geoffrey Lumsden ... Philario
Patsy Smart ... Helen
Allan Hendrick ... Frenchman
Nigel Robson ... Singer
Terence McGinity ... British Captain
Graham Crowden ... Caius Lucius
Michael Gough ... Belarius
Geoffrey Burridge ... Guiderius
David Creedon ... Arviragus
Patricia Hayes ... Soothsayer
Peter Aldwyn ... British Captain
Ray Mort ... Gaoler
Marius Goring ... Sicilius Leonatus
Madge Ryan ... Mother
Michael Hordern ... Jupiter

Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Produced: Shaun Sutton
Adapted: William Shakespeare’s original play
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William Shakespeare
Hys Most Excellent
The Tragical Comedie of
Cymbeline
King of Britain

ABOUT CYMBELINE
The first reference to Cymbeline is a note by the astrologer Simon Forman that he saw the play performed on 8th September 1611, (He refers to the heroine as Innogen, and this name appears in all the sources – the corrupted form Imogen, is found only in the Folio and appears to be a misprint!) . . . Shakespeare’s plot reflects a wide range of reading. He took his title and setting from the name and reign of the legendary British king Cymbeline, or Cunobelinus, who is supposed to have reigned from 33 B.C. till shortly after the birth of Christ. Much of the detail and character names are derived from Holinshed’s Chronicles of Early British History as well as other sources and also drawing partially on an old play, The Rare Triumphs of love and Fortune – acted circa 1582 and printed circa 1589.

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