~ Previous Productions ~

2009 - The Taming of the Shrew

2011 - Macbeth

2010 - Cymbeline, King of Britain

Hatherop Castle

 

Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s most rarely performed plays – partly because of the length and complexity of its plot, and partly because of its many technical challenges.  By judicious cutting, we offered a production that rattled along, between the British court, Rome and the Welsh hills.  The interaction between the three stories – the ill-starred lovers, the Roman invasion, and the lost prince and princess – provided a fast-moving spectacle, and a truly emotional ending.

 

The druids open the play with a human sacrifice

 

Roman sophistication mocks the uncivilised British

 

The ever-faithful Valeria tries to keep the heroine out of danger	The villain Iachimo emerges from his hiding-place

 

The British court receives the Roman ambassador

 

The young Boudicca and Caractacus – and their presumed father, old Morgan

 

Our hero Leonatus greets his hangman willingly	The ladies of the British court bring the bad news