Cymbeline

Synopsis: Video recording of Declan Donnellan’s 2007 production of Cymbeline for Cheek by Jowl with David Collings in the title role and Jodie McNee as Imogen.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 12 May 2007
Duration: 145 mins

Director

Declan Donnellan

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Catherine Jayes

Production Design

Nick Ormerod

Costume

Nick Ormerod

Cast

History: Produced by Cheek by Jowl, at Théâtre Les Gémeaux, Sceaux, 2007; at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 2-6 May 2007; at the Barbican Theatre, London, 29 May-23 June 2007; and on tour.
Reviews: Interviews with the director and the actors about the production are available as podcasts from http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/productions/cymbeline/podcast.html (accessed 3/2008). Reviews from a selection of national British newspapers are also available from this site. Lyn Gardner (The Guardian, 2 June 2007) writes’...Men don’t come off at all well in Declan Donnellan’s revival of Shakespeare’s late romance.
In the tale of Imogen, who loves and is loved by Posthumous, and is pursued by Cloten, who wants her as much as you might want a new iPod, we see men at war and men in love. Often there is not much difference’.