Shakespeare on a Shoestring - Cymbeline!
by Michael Calderone
Faked Death! Mistaken Identity! Parental Marital Veto! But wait, there’s more!
About 50 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
12
6 M | 6 W, Plus percussionist. Easily expandable.
Simple set
46 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Shakespeare on a Shoestring - Cymbeline! can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
Productions of Shakespeare on a Shoestring - Cymbeline! may be Livestreamed.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance is a traditional performance that is livestreamed to the Internet as the actors are performing. Instead of watching the show live in the theatre, the audience watches virtually from their home or other location.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance may be pre-recorded. Recordings for pre-recorded Livestreams may be made if the recording is destroyed at the conclusion of the production. Should the producing organization want to retain the recording for archival purposes, they must purchase a separate Videorecording License from Theatrefolk.
Theatrefolk charges no additional fees for permission to Livestream. However, BookTix will charge nominal fees to the producing organization. Theatrefolk does not have any financial interest in BookTix and does not receive any commission or fees from BookTix.
Theatrefolk cannot be held responsible for any issues, technical, financial, legal, or otherwise, arising from the producing organization’s relationship with BookTix.
Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
One license, three ways to use it
Each royalty you purchase can be used as a Traditional Live Stage Performance, Virtual Performance, or Livestream Performance. How you choose to use your performance license is up to you! Performances need not all be of the same type so long as the total number of performances given does not exceed the total number of performances ordered.
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Did you know that Cymbeline has all of Shakespeare’s most famous plot devices? It has… Faked Death! Mistaken Identity! Parental Marital Veto! But wait, there’s more!
Join our players as they tackle the play in the Shoestring style, which emphasizes ensemble, the physical space (with all scenery created by living tableaux) and audience interaction.
It’s the perfect storm for your students to sync up their Shakespeare and turn up their technique.
Awards and Accolades
- With twelve actors and twelve plot devices, this piece had a neat symmetry to it and proved, once again, that you don’t need a fancy set and complicated props to get a story across. This team used the script, some good physical theatre and their obvious joy of being on stage to produce an uplifting example of Shakespeare on a shoestring. Source
Characters
12
6 Men, 6 Women, Plus percussionist. Easily expandable.
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Yellow Man: Belarius
[M]
36 lines
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Yellow Lady: Pisania/Pisanio
[A]
35 lines
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Red Man: Cloten/Jupiter
[M]
47 lines
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Red Lady: Queen
[W]
27 lines
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Blue Man: Posthumous
[M]
51 lines
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Blue Lady: Imogen
[W]
71 lines
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Purple Man: Cymbeline
[M]
35 lines
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Purple Lady: Caius Lucius
[W]
28 lines
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Green Lady: Guilderius/Polydore
[W]
40 lines
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Green Man: Arviragus/Cadwal
[M]
30 lines
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Orange Man: Iachimo
[M]
62 lines
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Orange Lady: Doctor, Narrator
[W]
78 lines
- Percussionist
- An onstage percussionist who punctuates the action
- Subgenres
- Farce Adaptation Shakespeare
- Settings
- 16th Century / Elizabethan Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes Period costumes
- Audience
- Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Mime Movement-based Physical comedy Music
- Set
- Simple set
- Themes
- Betrayal Love Jealousy Revenge Theatre
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- Shakespeare
- Other uses
- Competition Class work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
Prop List
crowns, purple sash, tiara, skirts, pantaloons, doublets, straw fedora, blanket, letters, black hood, capes
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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.
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About 50 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
12
6 M | 6 W, Plus percussionist. Easily expandable.
Simple set
46 pages