Cymbeline
the new oxford shakespeare
$20.01
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2025
Summary
Cymbeline: A Tale of Deceit and Fidelity in Ancient Britain
‘I see a man’s life is a tedious one.’
Set in Ancient Britain, Cymbeline is a play of deceit, disguise, banishment, and fidelity against the backdrop of a Roman invasion. When the King of Britain Cymbeline discovers his daughter’s secret marriage, he banishes her husband to Rome, who then accuses Innogen of being unfaithful. Innogen must evade deadly plots and homicidal jealousy to restore her name.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192882868 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192882864 |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Kim Gilchrist, Rory Loughnane, Emma Smith |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
William Shakespeare
Kim Gilchrist
Kim Gilchrist is Lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff University. He holds a Ph.D from Roehampton University (2018). Kim was co-organiser with Dr Amy Lidster of the 2019 ‘Changing Histories’ conference at King’s College London. He has been an invited speaker at the universities of Oxford, Southampton, and Würzberg, the Malone Society, and the Rose Playhouse. Kim’s work explores popular culture, interactions between history and romance, and modes of performance beyond London’s professional drama. He has published articles on Mucedorus and King Lear, and a monograph on the performance of Britain’s imagined pre-Roman history. He is currently writing a monograph on Mucedorus.
Rory Loughnane
Rory Loughnane is Reader in Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. He is the author or editor of ten books and has published widely on Shakespeare. For the New Oxford Shakespeare, he has edited more than ten of Shakespeare’s plays. He is a Series Editor of Studies in Early Modern Authorship (Routledge) and Shakespeare and Text (Cambridge UP), and a General Editor of The Revels Plays series (Manchester UP) and the forthcoming Oxford Marlowe edition.
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