Next week's readthrough - 14:30 Sunday 7th June, Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

[wildeabandon]

Script available from Project Gutenberg, character notes here. Let me know about part preferences in the comments.

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Would you like a part in Cymbeline?

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Yes, please cast me!
10 (55.6%)

Not this time, but have fun!
8 (44.4%)

Comments

[highlyeccentric]

At this rate you're at risk of turning my facade of Fake English Lit Scholar into a halfway informed one...

[naath]

I have no idea about this one, I'm sure it'll be fun

[djm4]

This is a play I have never seen, about which I know nothing. Looking forward to it.

[sfred]

Me too.

[wildeabandon]

It's a very silly play, but a lot of fun. It's sort of a "Shakespeare's Greatest Hits" - it has girls dressed as boys, and hijinks with twins and mistaken identities, and banished nobles living in a forest in disguise, and a villain who tries to make the hero jealous of the heroine, and an old king who doesn't appreciate how much his daughter loves him... Just don't expect it to make much sense ;)

[atreic]

Was this Pygmalion and then I blinked and it changed? Or am I just A Bit Confused?

[wildeabandon]

You're not confused :) leonato can't make it this weekend, and since he was the one who suggested Pygmalion as a play to read, asked me to swap it out for something else.

[the_alchemist]

There are lots of fun parts. Imogen/Innogen is probably the funnest, but it must be someone else's turn to play the cross-dressing heroine. Iachimo or Cloten would also be super fun. Would prefer a big part, but if cast as a selection of small ones, maybe they could include Jupiter.