The New Kittredge Shakespeare Cymbeline offers the text of the
play, and glosses, as prepared by William Kittredge for his
Complete Works of William Shakespeare.Hannah C. Wojciehowski's
performance notes and additional textual notes offer readers a
streamlined reading experience aimed at helping them understand the
play and envision how key "interpretive junctures" in it have been,
and might yet be, performed on stage or screen. Wojciehowski's
Introduction brilliantly illuminates the play's plot and lyricism
as well as its treatment in recent stage and screen
productions--including Michael Almereyda's Cymbeline (2014).In "How
to Read Cymbeline as Performance" an interview with James Loehlin,
Director of the Shakespeare at Winedale program at the University
of Texas, offers practical reflections on making the leap from
reading this challenging play to imagining its performance.Notes on
Names, Pronunciation, and Language; A Cymbeline Timeline; Topics
for Discussion and Further Study; and Bibliography and Filmography
are also included.