Cymbeline

by William Shakespeare

Contents

ACT I

• SCENE I. Britain. The garden of Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE II. The same. A public place.
• SCENE III. A room in Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE IV. Rome. Philario's house.
• SCENE V. Britain. A room in Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE VI. The same. Another room in the palace.

ACT II

• SCENE I. Britain. Before Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE II. Imogen's bedchamber in Cymbeline's palace: a trunk in one corner of it.
• Scene III An ante-chamber adjoining Imogen's apartments.
• SCENE IV. Rome. Philario's house.
• SCENE V. Another room in Philario's house.

ACT III

• SCENE I. Britain. A hall in Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE II. Another room in the palace.
• SCENE III. Wales: a mountainous country with a cave.
• SCENE IV. Country near Milford-Haven.
• SCENE V. A room in Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE VI. Wales. Before the cave of Belarius.
• SCENE VII. Rome. A public place.

ACT IV

• SCENE I. Wales: near the cave of Belarius.
• SCENE II. Before the cave of Belarius.
• SCENE III. A room in Cymbeline's palace.
• SCENE IV. Wales: before the cave of Belarius.

ACT V

• SCENE I. Britain. The Roman camp.
• SCENE II. Field of battle between the British and Roman camps.
• SCENE III. Another part of the field.
• SCENE IV. A British prison.
• SCENE V. Cymbeline's tent.

Main actors

• CYMBELINE, king of Britain.
• CLOTEN, son to the Queen by a former husband.
• POSTHUMUS LEONATUS, a gentleman, husband to Imogen.
• BELARIUS, a banished lord, disguised under the name of Morgan.
• CAIUS LUCIUS, general of the Roman forces.
• PISANIO, servant to Posthumus.
• CORNELIUS, a physician.
• A Roman Captain.
• Two British Captains.
• A Frenchman, friend to Philario.
• Two Lords of Cymbeline's court.
• Two Gentlemen of the same.
• Two Gaolers.
• QUEEN, wife to Cymbeline.
• IMOGEN, daughter to Cymbeline by a former queen.
• HELEN, a lady attending on Imogen.
• Lords, Ladies, Roman Senators, Tribunes, a Soothsayer, a Dutchman, a Spaniard, Musicians, Officers, Captains, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants.
• Apparitions.

Italians.

• PHILARIO, friend to Posthumus
• IACHIMO, friend to Philario

sons to Cymbeline, disguised under the names of Polydote and Cadwal, supposed sons to Morgan.

• GUIDERIUS
• ARVIRAGUS

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Saturday 17 May 2008