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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Cymbeline |
| Document Type | Prompt Book |
| Reference | Cymb 2 |
| Primary Association | Faucit, Helen |
| Publication Date | 1843 |
| Date of Production | c. 1840-1859 |
| Description | Prompt book belonging to Helen Faucit, likely to have been used during touring productions in the 1840s and 1850s. The text reverts to using Kemble's naming of characters and includes cuts, cues for effects and two sonnets written in pencil. |
| Genre | History |
| Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption; Women and Femininity |
| Content Keywords | class, love, death, reconciliation, women, patriotism, suffering, poison, betrayal, greed, disguise |
| Context Keywords | music, character, cues, stage, blocking, business, sound effects, property |
| Edition | Knight's Cabinet edition, 1843 (Cumberland edition 1829 also referenced) |
| Shattuck Code | CYM 14 |
| Play | Cymbeline |
| Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |