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Shakespeare’s Cymbeline explores how to live through the end of the world

Written in 1611, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline is a raw mess – full of feeling and as messy as life. The 18th-century man of letters, Samuel Johnson decried the play as a work of “unresisting imbecility”, a hotch-potch of incongruities.

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025

The week in theatre: Inside No 9: Stage/Fright; Cymbeline – review

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith turn into their own live tribute act; plus, a bold attempt to make sense of Shakespeare’s wayward late tragicomedy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival

The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024