Cymbeline
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 8, 2011
Closed Jan 15, 2012
Opened Sep 8, 2011
Closed Jan 15, 2012
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As dizzyingly eventful a drama as Shakespeare ever conceived, Cymbeline tells of a beautiful princess separated from her beloved, the cruel step-mother who tries to kill her, a credulous husband duped by an adversary, an exiled nobleman who kidnaps a king's sons and a Roman invasion of Britain. In this lightning-paced production, a plain white cloth becomes a sail, a bed sheet, and a toga and a "fabulous" trunk becomes a bed, a throne and a cave. The transformations are magical and playful and true to the play, deepening its themes of illusion, deception and belief.
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The Fiasco Company's six-actor production of Shakespeare's Cymbeline --which played the New Victory in January and is now revived at the Barrow Street -- is even pluckier and perkier than it was less than year ago.
Whereas the earlier outing was marred by too much flat delivery, the company now speaks the speeches with uniform emotion and humor. The change adds such fun at performing Shakespeare that the version can be recommended for audiences of all ages, especially high schoolers who may be operating under the impression that the Bard is for fogies.
Indeed, for this late-period play, Shakespeare purloins generous bits of Othello andKing Lear and lifts from the comedies in which [...]