{"id":1116,"date":"2021-04-13T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&#038;p=1116"},"modified":"2021-05-31T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:35:48","slug":"cymbeline","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/cymbeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Cymbeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1116\" class=\"elementor elementor-1116\" data-elementor-post-type=\"plays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b99f7bd elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"b99f7bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70617d81\" data-id=\"70617d81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3e350c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3e350c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The play\u2019s style and stage directions suggest that it was written for performance in the Blackfriars Theatre, used by the King\u2019s Men from late 1609. A performance of the play is first noted by the astrologer Simon Forman: we don\u2019t know on what date, but he died in 1611. It was probably written between those years.<\/span><\/p><p>The play wasn\u2019t printed before appearing in the First Folio. It was probably typeset from a reliable manuscript, written by Ralph Crane, a professional scribe employed by the King\u2019s Men, which he copied from Shakespeare\u2019s manuscripts or an earlier transcript of them.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-282f7651\" data-id=\"282f7651\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c3f308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31c3f308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cymbeline_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1117\" alt=\"Cymbeline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cymbeline_300ppi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cymbeline_300ppi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cymbeline_300ppi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cymbeline_300ppi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/folio400.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cymbeline_300ppi.jpg 1476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-194de574 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"194de574\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-708b199c\" data-id=\"708b199c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c3bf516 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c3bf516\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d99558\" data-id=\"3d99558\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393f03ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"393f03ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2018Fear no more the heat o\u2019th\u2019sun,<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 );\">Nor the furious winter\u2019s rages,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 ); color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd );\">Thou thy worldly task has done,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-ae9b095 ); color: var( --e-global-color-178c8bd );\">Home art gone and ta\u2019en thy wages\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7794d254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7794d254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Cymbeline<\/em>, IV ii<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a93312d elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1a93312d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53e098bc\" data-id=\"53e098bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1117c400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1117c400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e828c22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e828c22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imogen, daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, defies him by marrying Posthumus, but her husband is banished to Italy.\u00a0 There the callous villain Iachimo lays a wager on her fidelity and embarks on an elaborate plan: Posthumus is deceived, and decides that Imogen should die. 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