SHAKESPEARE'S rarely performed romance Cymbeline will be screened at the Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham on September 28 live from The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford Upon Avon.
Cymbeline is ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him.
Distracted by Innogen's marriage Cymbeline is blind to the actions of a powerful figure behind the throne who is plotting 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 jealously begins a scheme to have her murdered.
Warned of the danger, Innogen runs away from court in disguise on a journey fraught with danger that will eventually reunite Cymbeline with a lost heir and reconcile the young lovers.
Cymbeline is directed by Melly Still who designed Tales from Ovid and Midnight's Children for the RSC and whose directing credits include The Cunning Little Vixen for Glyndebourne Opera and Coram Boy for the National Theatre.
Gillian Bevan is the first woman to take on the role of Cymbeline for the RSC and Bethan Cullinane (King Lear, 2013 Globe Theatre) will be making her RSC debut in the role of Innogen.
- This event has an ‘as live’ cinema classification of 12A. For more information and to book tickets visit bacontheatre.co.uk or call the Bacon Theatre on 01242 258002
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