Cymbeline

In Cymbeline: Constructions of Britain, Ros King argues that because of previous misunderstanding of the nature and history of tragi-comedy, critics have mistaken the tone of Shakespeare''s play. Although it is often dismissed as a pedestrian ''romance'', or at best a self-parodic reworking of previous Shakespearean themes, she proposes that Cymbeline''s fantastical, black comedy and its facility ...