Cymbeline

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
7 South Calvert St Baltimore

The play, one of Shakespeare’s last, depicts the court of pre-Christian British King Cymbeline. Situated among the backdrop of a Roman invasion of the island, Cymbeline is chock full of familiar Shakespearean elements—outcast noblemen, lost sons, mistaken identities, duplicitous seductions, deadly potions, gender confusion, a king blind to treachery, and a cad turned instantly heroic. This action-packed journey of twists and turns ends as one of Shakespeare’s most redemptive plays. The play will be presented at historic Oliver's Carriage House in Columbia, Maryland.

Thru - Mar 19, 2011

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DCTheatreScene - Somewhat Recommended

The evening began with the company called onto the stage and the audience brought into a coin toss to decide who will play which part. This clued the audience to the idea that this would be a “play” in two senses of the word: a story to be told and also a game to be followed. This greatly aided the audience in accepting Cymbeline’s plot and what seemed to be so many strands of borrowed story material, at times almost randomly thrown together.

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- Susan Galbraith

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