Following the National Youth Theatre's successful 2008 performances of 'The Merchant of Venice' in Beijing, the best of Britains young talent now rise to the challenge of producing one of Shakespeare's rarely seen final plays.
Rooted in the enchanted world of fairytale, Cymbeline is a steadily darkening tale that descends into a savage battle between the generations.
Imogen, a passionate young princess, marries in secret against the wishes of her father, Cymbeline. Her husband, Posthumus, is banished to Rome where he is challenged by the cunning gallant, Iachimo, into believing that a wife's virtue is inadequate. They hatch a plot to put Imogen to the test, but Iachimo is not to be trusted. Shakespeare's late romance takes many comic and tragic twists and turns before the final scene of remarkable reconciliation.
