Part of: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare) Cymbeline

Shakespeare’s Cymbeline is one of his least-performed plays. Its retelling of a famous tale from Boccaccio explores themes of marriage, seduction, trust, and women’s honor that are frequent focuses of other plays, like Othello and Much Ado about Nothing. This edition comes from the 1916 Oxford University Press edition of all of Shakespeare’s plays and poems.

  • EBook PDF
    This text-based PDF or EBook was created from the HTML version of this book and is part of the Portable Library of Liberty.
  • ePub
    ePub standard file for your iPad or any e-reader compatible with that format
  • Kindle
    This is an E-book formatted for Amazon Kindle devices.

Citation

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare), ed. with a glossary by W.J. Craig M.A. (Oxford University Press, 1916).

Category:

Related Collections:

Related People

Geoffrey Chaucer (Author)

The greatest English writer before Shakespeare, Chaucer pioneered the use of English, rather than French or Latin, for serious literary works. He also brought all classes of society onto the page together, particularly in his masterwork, The Canterbury Tales.

Connected Readings

Boccaccio’s Decameron

Boccaccio’s Decameron provides source material for several of Shakespeare’s plays. Find the story that inspired Cymbeline here.

MORE

Podcast

Folger Shakespeare Library

Cymbeline is one of the least often performed plays by Shakespeare. Listen to this podcast from the Folger Library to learn more about rarely performed Shakespeare plays.

MORE

Video

Royal Shakespeare Company

Iachomo’s attempted seduction of Imogen is a vital plot point of Cymbeline.Watch the Royal Shakespeare Company perform the scene.

MORE