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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Cymbeline: Shakespeare's greatest hits

The Tartan Online: "Stacking up cases of deceit, mistaken identity, and cross-dressing, Shakespeare’s little-known romance Cymbeline is almost a greatest hits album of the playwright’s usual tricks. But, unlike some greatest hits albums, this one wouldn’t sell — sacrificing content for twists and turns in the plot, Cymbeline is convoluted to the point of frustrating, as the omniscient audience must watch the characters struggle in vain to figure out who’s who, who’s dead, who’s related, who’s poisoned, who’s secretly female, and so on."

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