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Shakespeare's exhilarating late play of lovers under strain and leaders under pressure. Staged in an alternative present-day Britain.

An ineffectual ruler governs a divided, insular Britain, alienated from the rest of Europe. That ruler, Cymbeline (Michael Maloney), refuses to pay the taxes demanded by a foreign power, clinging to mythical notions of sovereignty. "Britain's a world by itself and we will nothing pay for wearing our own noses." But Cymbeline's judgement is clouded by grief, having lost his two older children as babies. When his daughter Imogen (Lydia Wilson) rebels and marries boyfriend Posthumus (Daniel Rock) in secret, Cymbeline is enraged and banishes Posthumus. But waiting in the wings is a power-hungry figure, plotting to seize control by any means necessary.

Adapted and directed for radio by Emma Harding

Introduced by Professor Edith Hall

Imogen ..... Lydia Wilson
Cymbeline ..... Michael Maloney
Posthumus Leonatus ..... Daniel Rock
Iachimo ..... Philip Arditti
Queen ..... Amanda Lawrence
Cloten ..... Will Close
Caia Lucius ..... Greta Scacchi
Pisanio ..... Ayesha Dharker
Belarius ..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Guiderius ..... Zak Ghazi-Torbati
Arviragus ..... Matthew Aubrey
Cornelia ..... Nadia Williams
Philario ..... Harry Taurasi
Jailer. .... Philippe Spall
Sue Sayer ..... Sara Gregory

Original music composed by Joseph Howard, performed by Zak Ghazi-Torbati, Joseph Howard and Eosaph Caimbeul.

Shakespeare consultant, Paul Prescott
Production co-ordinator, Eleri Sydney McAuliffe
Sound design, Catherine Robinson

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