Cymbeline

E208091
Shakespearean play play romance stage work tragicomedy

Cymbeline is a late Shakespearean play that blends elements of tragedy, romance, and historical drama, centered on the British king Cymbeline and the trials of his daughter Imogen.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cymbeline canonical 7
King Cymbeline 1
RSC production of Cymbeline 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean play ⓘ
play ⓘ
romance ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
dramaticCategory late romance ⓘ
featuresCharacter Roman ambassadors ⓘ
a soothsayer ⓘ
firstKnownPerformance early 17th century ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
romance ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasFemaleProtagonist Imogen ⓘ
ImogenAlsoKnownAs Innogen ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era

late Shakespearean period ⓘ
locationOfAction Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

Rome ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
mainCharacter Arviragus ⓘ
Belarius ⓘ
Cloten ⓘ
Guiderius ⓘ
Iachimo ⓘ
Imogen ⓘ
Cymbeline self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King Cymbeline

Pisanio ⓘ
Posthumus Leonatus ⓘ
Queen (Cymbeline’s second wife) ⓘ
plotElement Roman invasion of Britain ⓘ
disguised identity ⓘ
false accusation of infidelity ⓘ
kidnapped royal children ⓘ
reconciliation and recognition scene ⓘ
wager on Imogen’s chastity ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Pericles, Prince of Tyre ⓘ
The Tempest ⓘ
The Winter's Tale ⓘ
surface form: The Winter’s Tale
settingPeriod Roman Britain ⓘ
ancient Britain ⓘ
sourceMaterial The Decameron ⓘ
surface form: Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (indirectly)

Holinshed's Chronicles ⓘ
surface form: Holinshed’s Chronicles
structure five acts ⓘ
themes chastity ⓘ
family reconciliation ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
national identity ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakespearean tragedies → includesWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare
King's Men → performedWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
Cymbeline → mainCharacter → Cymbeline self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Cymbeline
Raphael Holinshed → influencedWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Holinshed's Chronicles → influencedWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
William Painter → sourceOfInspirationFor → Cymbeline ⓘ
LisaGay Hamilton → notableWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
Gregory Doran → notableWork → Cymbeline ⓘ
this entity surface form: RSC production of Cymbeline