Cymbeline

Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an odd play but it managed to sweep me up in its drama. A lot of very tense, theatrical moments. A recurring motif is people in authority being so muddled by flattery and false reports that faithful service requires ignoring direct commands. Figures in power don’t understand their own interests, possibly including Jupiter himself, who seems to require the intercession of ghosts in order to set right the confusions in the play and deliver justice.

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