Cymbeline

Ancient British monarch

Cymbeline is a play by Shakespeare, a tragicomedy set in ancient Britain during Roman times.

The title character is a British king, though the plot centers more on his daughter Imogen and themes of jealousy, deception, and reconciliation.

The play is rarely performed compared to Shakespeare's major works.

play

Shakespeare

Elizabethan dramatist and poet

Jupiter · wager · disguise · reconciliation · Britain · Rome · Stratford · Globe · theatrical · soliloquy

character

king

Male crowned ruler

rage · deception · manipulation · queen · stepmother · reconciliation · ruler · monarch · court · royal

Celtic

Britain

Island off northwestern Europe

  • kingMale crowned ruler
  • coinsMetal money units
  • RomanOf ancient Italy's capital

pre-Roman · tribal · chieftain · Colchester · Augustus · tribute · dynasty · historical · numismatic · archaeological

musical

opera

Theatrical art combining song

  • baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
  • masqueCourtly theatrical entertainment
  • PurcellDido's operatic creator

incidental · score · dirge · lark · song · sun · composition · theatrical · seventeenth-century · setting

Opposites
shakespearean genre

CymbelineKing Lear

Hamlet · Macbeth · Othello · Romeo and Juliet · tragedy

Family

symbol, sympathetic, symbolic, symbolize, symphony, symbiosis, symposium, symbolism, symmetrical

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