Shakespeare's exhilarating late play of lovers under strain and leaders under pressure. Staged in an alternative present-day Britain.An ineffectual ruler governs a divided, insular Britain, alienated from the rest of Europe. That ruler, Cymbeline (Michael Maloney), refuses to pay the taxes demanded by a foreign power, clinging to mythical notions of sovereignty. "Britain's a world by itself and we will nothing pay for wearing our own noses." But Cymbeline's judgement is clouded by grief, having lost his two older children as babies. When his daughter Imogen (Lydia Wilson) rebels and marries boyfriend Posthumus (Daniel Rock) in secret, Cymbeline is enraged and banishes Posthumus. But waiting in the wings is a power-hungry figure, plotting to seize control by any means necessary.Adapted and directed for radio by Emma HardingIntroduced by Professor Edith HallImogen ..... Lydia WilsonCymbeline ..... Michael MaloneyPosthumus Leonatus ..... Daniel RockIachimo ..... Philip ArdittiQueen ..... Amanda LawrenceCloten ..... Will CloseCaia Lucius ..... Greta ScacchiPisanio ..... Ayesha DharkerBelarius ..... Ifan Huw DafyddGuiderius ..... Zak Ghazi-TorbatiArviragus ..... Matthew AubreyCornelia ..... Nadia WilliamsPhilario ..... Harry TaurasiJailer. .... Philippe SpallSue Sayer ..... Sara GregoryOriginal music composed by Joseph Howard, performed by Zak Ghazi-Torbati, Joseph Howard and Eosaph Caimbeul.Shakespeare consultant, Paul PrescottProduction co-ordinator, Eleri Sydney McAuliffeSound design, Catherine RobinsonA BBC Audio Drama Wales production