Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Adapted to 45 minutes and set in space by Emily Klingman and the Cast and Crew
Performances will be streamed as this will now be a film -- dates TBD
Summary from the 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company Production:
Britain is in crisis. Alienated, insular and on the brink of disaster. Can it be saved? An ineffectual Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of their two children, Cymbeline's judgement is clouded. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart Posthumus in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. Behind the throne, a power-hungry figure plots to seize power by murdering them both. In exile, Innogen's husband is tricked into believing she has been unfaithful to him and, in an act of impulsive jealousy, begins a plot to have her murdered. Warned of the danger, Innogen runs away from court in disguise and begins a journey fraught with danger that will eventually reunite Cymbeline with a long-lost heir and reconcile the young lovers.
Adapted to 45 minutes and set in space by Emily Klingman and the Cast and Crew
Performances will be streamed as this will now be a film -- dates TBD
Summary from the 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company Production:
Britain is in crisis. Alienated, insular and on the brink of disaster. Can it be saved? An ineffectual Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of their two children, Cymbeline's judgement is clouded. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart Posthumus in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. Behind the throne, a power-hungry figure plots to seize power by murdering them both. In exile, Innogen's husband is tricked into believing she has been unfaithful to him and, in an act of impulsive jealousy, begins a plot to have her murdered. Warned of the danger, Innogen runs away from court in disguise and begins a journey fraught with danger that will eventually reunite Cymbeline with a long-lost heir and reconcile the young lovers.