Cymbeline

Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare's late romances, set in Ancient Britain. This new Arden edition offers a fully illustrated lengthy critical Introduction exploring the play's critical and performance history, and examining it's themes of nationhood, innocence and sexuality. The play text is comprehensively annotated to aid understanding of its language, mythical and literary allusions, as well as staging issues and key themes. Appendices give a detailed account of the play's textual history as well as its rich use of music. As such, the edition offers students and scholars a wealth of insight and information and is ideal for in-depth study.