CYMBELINE read-through

It’s been said that this play, one of SHK’s last ones, could have been titled ‘Much Ado About Everything.’ Tropes and themes from earlier plays weigh heavily into CYMBELINE: cross-dressed heroine, jealous husband/alleged cuckoldry, father/daughter estrangement, epistolary intrigues, ghosts. The play’s title character is really a secondary one: shining front and centre is his daughter, Imogen, 3rd largest female part in the entire canon and the most enchanting of all SHK’s heroines.

RSVPs open 1 PM PST/4 PM EST on Saturday 6 June. The role charts are already posted, so you can be looking them over even before RSVPs open.

Once you have RSVP-ed & received from MEETUP the automated ‘you’re going’ message, please then message me DIRECTLY with your preferred role choices (at least three); I will assign on a first-come, first-served basis. Even if you have no role preference, please message me anyway & let me know.

If you are 'wait-listed,' you will still get an email on the day of the event with the ZOOM link. We encourage you to join in. There is an on off-chance that you can pick the role if a registered attendee can't make it. Or you can just listen.

Our group’s STRONGLY preferred text for the play is the Folger edition. Here is the link:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/cymbeline/read/

Event host: Bruce
ZOOM host: Teresa
Facilitator: Gloria