'Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.'
Act IV, scene 2
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Plot synopsis
Cymbeline, King of Britain when Augustus Caesar was emperor of Rome, has a daughter, Imogen, and two sons who were stolen in infancy. The Queen, his second wife, has a son, Cloten, whom Cymbeline wishes to marry Imogen; but she has secretly married a commoner, Posthumus Leonatus.
Cymbeline banishes Posthumus to Rome, where he meets Iachimo, who wagers with him that he can seduce Imogen. Arriving in Britain, Iachimo realises that she is incorruptible, but, hiding in her bedroom, obtains evidence which convinces Posthumus that he has won the wager. Read more...
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