This 2016 production cast the role of Cymbeline as a woman, played by Gillian Bevan.
Gillian Bevan was the first woman to play Cymbeline at the RSC. The show played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Barbican, during our summer 2016 season.
The cast of Cymbeline
Hiran Abeysekera - Posthumus
Romayne Andrews - Lord 1/Dutchman
Gillian Bevan - Cymbeline
Doreene Blackstock - Cornelia
Eke Chukwu - Caius Lucius
James Clyde - The Duke
James Cooney - Arviragus
Bethan Cullinane - Innogen
Marieme Diouf - Helen
Jenny Fennessy - First Gentlewoman/Jailer
Kevin N Golding - Soldier/Tribune
Marcus Griffiths - Cloten
Oliver Johnstone - Iachimo
Byron Mondahl - Philario
Theo Ogundipe - Lord 2/Frenchman
Natalie Simpson - Guideria
Graham Turner - Belarius
Temi Wilkey - Philharmonia
Kelly Williamns - Pisania