SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Film. Musical version of Cymbeline filmed at Yosemite National Park and on the campus of UC Merced. Set in contemporary California, this production combines professional actors, students and rangers from Yosemite and gives prominence to concerns over the environment and is described by its makers as an ‘ecological adaptation’. Cymbeline is now a local Mayor and is in the middle of a deal with Excavo Ltd. that would create new jobs but at the cost of plundering the region’s natural resources.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2021

Transmission details

20 Nov 2021

Duration

92 mins

Credits

Director

Billy Wolfgang; Katherine Brokaw; Paul Prescott (II)

Producer

Katherine Brokaw

Cinematographer

Shawn Overton

Screenplay

Billy Wolfgang; Katherine Brokaw; Paul Prescott (II)

Music

Cat Flores; Chase Brantley; Rena Johnson; Tonatiuh Newbold

Cast

Dennis Brown	Cymbeline, King of Britain
Sofia Andom	Imogen
Tonatiuh Newbold	Leo (Posthumus Leonatus)
Lisa Wolpe	Iachimo
Chase Brantley	Cloten
Amber Loper	Guiderius
Andrew Perez	Pisanio
Angel Nuñez	Arviragus
Chase Brantley	Steady Cam Operator
Connie Stetson	Queenie (Queen)
Debra Ann Byrd	Imogen’s Mother
Jess Rivas	Ranger Lucia (Caius Lucius)
Lee Stetson	Belarius
Lloyd Naval	Drone Pilot

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Cymbeline

Subjects

Drama; Environmental science; Shakespeare

Notes

Notes

The film is part of the ‘Cymbeline in the Anthropocene’ project: https://www.cymbeline-anthropocene.com/

History

The film premiered on YouTube on 21 November 2021.

Online Availability

Online URL

https://youtu.be/6lpxIIQT6Mo

Online format

Streamed

Production Company

Name

University of California Merced (UC Merced)

Sponsor

Name

Shakespeare in Yosemite

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web

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