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Cymbeline

American  
[sim-buh-leen] / ˈsɪm bəˌlin /

noun

  1. a romantic drama (1610?) by Shakespeare.


Cymbeline British  
/ ˈsɪmbəliːn /

noun

  1. See Cunobelinus

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Theatergoers saw him in "Cymbeline" and "Othello," among other plays.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2021

Shortly after Galileo drew Jupiter and its four moons, William Shakespeare is thought to have completed Cymbeline, one of his final plays.

From Nature May 31, 2016

By no coincidence at all, Belarius is actually a British lord banished by Cymbeline, and the virtuous boys are the princes he kidnapped from the king out of revenge.

From New York Times Apr. 9, 2016

Writer-director Michael Almereyda, whose "Hamlet" and "Cymbeline" boldly reimagined Shakespeare, takes a stylized visual approach in "Experimenter," with bracing results.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2015

Cymbeline leaned over the table like a master strategist, face scrunched up.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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