Cymbeline by National Youth at Arts from 8 Oct

Cymbeline by National Youth at Arts from 8 Oct

William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, by the National Youth Theatre, will be at Arts Theatre from 8 to 24 Oct 2009.

It is directed by Brendan O'Hea, designed by Samuel Wyer, lighting by Adrian Barnes.

Imogen has secretly married her childhood friend and first love, Posthumus. Her furious father, the King, banimurdershes the new groom and unwittingly sets in motion a steadily darkening tale of betrayal and . Rooted in the enchanted world of fairytale - with its princesses, wicked stepmothers, magic forests and old kings - Shakespeare's Cymbeline soon descends into a savage battle between the generations.