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Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare - Stage play
Roles
- Cloten
- Imogen
- Lady
About this piece
Cloten declares his love to Imogen, only to be teased
Summary
Cymbeline is Britain's king. His daughter Imogen was supposed to marry Cymbeline's new Queen's son, Cloten. Imogen, however, marries a poor gentleman, Posthumus. When the king finds out he decides to exile Posthumus to Italy and has his daughter locked away. Pisanio, Posthumus loyal servant, remains in England and becomes Imogen's servant. Cloten continues to court Imogen but has no success as she is not interested in him and vows to remain faithful to her husband. In this scene Cloten knocks on Imogen's door to talk to her. He tries to bribe one of her maids to get to her but Imogen comes out of her room. Cloten professes his love for her, only to be teased. Imogen acts coldly and rejects him, telling him that "Posthumus' meaning garment" is dearer to her than all his hairs...
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