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[[WMG: Cymbeline was written by Ben Jonson as a Shakespeare parody.]]
''Cymbeline'' is full of [[ShoutOut allusions]] to Shakespeare's other, more legendary plays. The play is all right, but not Shakespeare good -- it's a little too educated, like Jonson himself. Jonson was pals with Shakespeare (and defended him often), but considered himself a genius and Shakespeare a hack (he often heckled Shakespeare's plays). Cymbeline comes off as a StealthParody.
* Alternately, Shakespeare could have written ''Cymbeline'' as a [[SelfDeprecation parody of his own work]], perhaps to placate Ben.
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''Cymbeline'' is full of [[ShoutOut allusions]] to Shakespeare's other, more legendary plays. The play is all right, but not Shakespeare good -- it's a little too educated, like Jonson himself. Jonson was pals with Shakespeare (and defended him often), but considered himself a genius and Shakespeare a hack (he often heckled Shakespeare's plays). Cymbeline comes off as a StealthParody.
* Alternately, Shakespeare could have written ''Cymbeline'' as a [[SelfDeprecation parody of his own work]], perhaps to placate Ben.
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