Cymbeline
This 1982 BBC produced film Cymbeline was directed by Elijah Moshinsky and stars Richard Johnson as Cymbeline, Helen Mirren as his daughter Imogen, and Michael Pennington as her beloved Posthumus.
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo’s determined to prove him wrong.
Cast
Richard Johnson as Cymbeline
Michael Pennington as Posthumus
Claire Bloom as Queen
Robert Lindsay as Iachimo
Helen Mirren as Imogen
Michael Gough as Belarius
Michael Hordern as Jupiter
John Kane as Pisanio
Hugh Thomas as Cornelius
Nicholas Young as Lord
Aimée Delamain as Gentlewoman
Paul Jesson as Cloten
Geoffrey Lumsden as Philario
Patsy Smart as Helen
Allan Hendrick as Frenchman
For more information, visit IMDb and Internet Shakespeare Editions.
Richard Johnson (Cymbeline), Robert Lindsay (Iachimo), and Helen Mirren (Imogen) in Cymbeline (1982).
