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=== Screen adaptations === [[Lucius J. Henderson]] directed the first screen adaptation of ''Cymbeline'' in 1913.{{sfn|Cymbeline|1913}} The film was produced by the [[Thanhouser Company]] and starred [[Florence La Badie]] as [[Imogen (Cymbeline)|Imogen]], [[James Cruze]] as Posthumus, [[William Garwood]] as Iachimo, [[William Russell (American actor)|William Russell]] as Cymbeline, and [[Jean Darnell]] as the Queen.{{sfn|Cymbeline · Jonathan Silent Film Collection|1913}} In 1937 the [[BBC]] broadcast several scenes of [[André van Gyseghem]]'s production of the play, which opened 16 November the same year, on television. The scenes that comprised the broadcast were pulled exclusively from Acts I and II of the play, and included the 'trunk scene' from Act II Scene 2.{{sfn|Wyver (BBC 1937)|2011}} In 1956 the [[BBC]] produced a similar television program, this time airing scenes from [[Michael Benthall]]'s theatrical production, which opened 11 September 1956. Like the 1937 program, the 1956 broadcast ran for roughly half an hour and presented several scenes from ''Cymbeline,'' including the trunk scene.{{sfn|Wyver (BBC 1956)|2011}}{{sfn|Wyver (BBC 1937 and 1956)|2011}} In 1968 [[Jerzy Jarocki]] directed an adaptation of the play for [[Poland|Polish]] television, starring Wiktor Sadecki as Cymbeline and Ewa Lassek as [[Imogen (Cymbeline)|Imogen]].{{sfn|Cymbelin · British Universities Film & Video Council|1968}} [[Elijah Moshinsky]] directed the [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] adaptation in 1982, ignoring the ancient British period setting in favour of a more timeless and snow-laden atmosphere inspired by [[Rembrandt]] and his [[Dutch Golden Age|contemporary Dutch painters]].{{sfn|Cymbeline (TV Movie 1982)}} [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]], [[Claire Bloom]], [[Helen Mirren]], and [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] play Cymbeline, his Queen, Imogen, and Iachimo, respectively, with [[Michael Pennington]] as Posthumus.{{sfn|Brooke}} In 2014, [[Ethan Hawke]] and director [[Michael Almereyda]], who previously collaborated on the 2000 film ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]'', re-teamed for the film ''[[Cymbeline (film)|Cymbeline]]'', in which Hawke plays Iachimo.{{sfn|Ethan Hawke To Reunite With 'Hamlet' Director For Modern-Day 'Cymbeline'|2013}} The film is set in the context of urban gang warfare. [[Ed Harris]] takes the title role. [[Penn Badgley]] plays the orphan Posthumus;{{sfn|Patten|2013}} [[Milla Jovovich]] plays the role of the Queen;{{sfn|Patten*|2013}} [[Anton Yelchin]] is Cloten; and [[Dakota Johnson]] plays the role of Imogen.{{sfn|Lesnick|2013}}
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