Cymbeline

Overview

Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo's determined to prove him wrong.

Directed by Elijah Moshinsky

Top cast

Richard Johnson

Cymbeline

H

Hugh Thomas

Cornelius

Aimée Delamain

Gentlewoman

Claire Bloom

Queen

Helen Mirren

Imogen

Michael Pennington

Posthumus

J

John Kane

Pisanio

Nicholas Young

Lord

Paul Jesson

Cloten

Robert Lindsay

Iachimo

Geoffrey Lumsden

Philario

P

Patsy Smart

Helen

A

Allan Hendrick

Frenchman

N

Nigel Robson

Singer

T

Terence McGinity

British Captain

Graham Crowden

Caius Lucius

Michael Gough

Belarius

Geoffrey Burridge

Guiderius

D

David Creedon

Arviragus

Patricia Hayes

Soothsayer

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