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Shakespeare in Performance: Film

Cymbeline (1982, Elijah Moshinsky)

TitleCymbeline
Year1982
Release LocationsGB
DirectorElijah Moshinsky
MediumColor video
Length2 hrs, 55 mins
LanguagesEnglish
Audiencecollege and university
general public
Play ConnectionsCymbeline (teleplay)
SeriesThe Shakespeare Plays

Description

As with all the plays in this BBC series, the chosen text is the 1951 Peter Alexander edition. Probably more alterations than usual took place in making this adaptation of Shakespeare's play because of the extreme complexity of the plot. An effort was made to iron out difficulties for the audience

Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14

Cast Overview

British CaptainsPeter Aldwyn
CastPavlo Beznosiuk
QueenClaire Bloom
GuideriusGeoffrey Burridge
ArviragusDavid Creedon
Caius LuciusGraham Crowden
GentlewomanAimee Delamain
MusiciansTom Finucane
LeonatusMarius Goring
BelariusMichael Gough
SoothsayerPatricia Hayes
FrenchmanAllen Hendrick
JupiterMichael Hordern
ClotenPaul Jesson
CymbelineRichard Johnson
PisanioJohn Kane
IachimoRobert Lindsay
PhilarioGeoffrey Lumsden
CastTerence McGinity
ImogenHelen Mirren
GaolerRay Mort
PosthumusMichael Pennington
CastPhilip Pickett
CastAnthony Pleeth
SingerNigel Robson
MotherMadge Ryan
HelenPatsy Smart
CorneliusHugh Thomas
LordNicholas Young

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorElijah Moshinsky
ProducerShaun Sutton
Literary ConsultantJohn Wilders
Adaptor/TranslatorDavid Snodin
Production ManagerMichael Fewings
CostumesDinah Collin
MakeupElaine Smith
LightingJohn Summers
SoundDerek Miller-Timmins
ProductionBarbara Gosnold
Production AssociateFraser Lowden
Production AssistantWendy Plowright

Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell