Podcasts Culture Front Row The making of the new RSC production of Cymbeline

The making of the new RSC production of Cymbeline

Published: April 26, 2023, 7 p.m.

A special edition following the Royal Shakespeare\u2019s Company\u2019s new production of Cymbeline, the final play in Shakespeare\u2019s First Folio - a collection that reaches its 400th anniversary this year.

Acclaimed and award-winning Shakespearean, Greg Doran, has directed every play in the First Folio except Cymbeline. For him it\u2019s one of Shakespeare\u2019s most complex creations and he will be directing it for the first time as his swansong as the RSC's Artistic Director Emeritus. From the start of the production\u2019s rehearsal period until its first performance, Front Row follows Greg and his team as they get to grips with a play criticised and celebrated for its genre-busting, location-hopping, multiple plotlines, topped by the appearance of the god Jupiter descending from the heavens on an eagle.

Presenter: Nick Ahad\nProducer: Ekene Akalawu