William Shakespeare. Rozhlasová úprava a režie Emma Harding. Úvod profesorka Edith Hall. Hudba Joseph Howard, hraje Zak Ghazi-Torbati, Joseph Howard a Eosaph Caimbeul. Odborný shakespearovský poradce Paul Prescott. Koordinátor produkce Eleri Sydney McAuliffe. Zvuková mistryně Catherine Robinson.
Osoby a obsazení: Imogena, dcera Cymbelína a předchozí královny (Lydia Wilson), Cymbelín (Michael Maloney), Posthumus Leonatus, Imogenin manžel (Daniel Rock), Iachimo, Philariův přítel (Philip Arditti), královna (Amanda Lawrence), Cloten, syn královny s předchozím manželem (Will Close), Caia Lucius (Greta Scacchi), Pisanio, sluha Posthuma (Ayesha Dharker), Belarius, vypovězený lord, nyní se vydává za Morgana (Ifan Huw Dafydd), Guiderius (Zak Ghazi-Torbati), Arviragus (Matthew Aubrey), Cornelia (Nadia Williams), Philario, přítel Posthuma (Harry Taurasi), Jailer (Philippe Spall), Sue Sayer (Sara Gregory).
Natočeno 2024. Premiéra 28. 4. 2024 (BBC Radio 3, 20:00 h.; 119 min.).
Lit.: anonym: Cymbeline. Drama on 3. In web BBC Radio 3, (článek). – Cit.: Shakespeare’s exhilarating late play of lovers under strain and leaders under pressure. Staged in an alternative present-day Britain.
An ineffectual ruler governs a divided, insular Britain, alienated from the rest of Europe. That ruler, Cymbeline (Michael Maloney), refuses to pay the taxes demanded by a foreign power, clinging to mythical notions of sovereignty. „Britain’s a world by itself and we will nothing pay for wearing our own noses.“ But Cymbeline’s judgement is clouded by grief, having lost his two older children as babies. When his daughter Imogen (Lydia Wilson) rebels and marries boyfriend Posthumus (Daniel Rock) in secret, Cymbeline is enraged and banishes Posthumus. But waiting in the wings is a power-hungry figure, plotting to seize control by any means necessary. (…)
A BBC Audio Drama Wales production.