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  • The show is thoroughly stolen by Stephen Mangan as the Hooray Henry evil princeling Cloten, and I was sorry when his head was chopped off in the fourth act.

    April Books 18) Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare nwhyte 2009

  • There is a glorious moment when Imogen discovers a headless corpse dressed in her husband Postumus's clothes, and assumes the worst; but it is in fact the body of the evil Cloten, slain by Imogen's own long-lost brother.

    April Books 18) Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare nwhyte 2009

  • Sometimes I just want to go pragmatic and say that it would be a piss poor play if Posthumus and Iachimo agreed that women aren't perfect, and perhaps it's best not to tempt them, and while we're at it, let's convince Cymbaline to just pay the tribute up front and be done with it, and send Cloten to his room.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Bardiac 2007

  • A lord, under his breath, of Cloten, the King's son.

    Shakespeare's Insult 8 May 2006 kradical 2006

  • A lord to Cloten, who has worked up a smelly sweat by fighting.

    Keith Olbermann is my hero, continued kradical 2006

  • Queen, Cloten, and Lords at one door, and at another, Caius Lucius and Attendants

    Cymbeline 2004

  • Though Cloten then but young, you see, not wore him

    Cymbeline 2004

  • Throw into the stew the cretinous Queen's son, Cloten, as a samurai dueling a cowboy whose whip sure whups and a-whops the critter real good, and you get the time-bending picture.

    Shakespeare With a Twang Brings Wild West to Wales 2002

  • The ensemble is mostly impressive, and there were several individual performances I liked, particularly the assured verse-speaking of Robert Stattel's Cymbeline and Randy Danson's Queen, the wit of Earl Hindman's banished Belarius (the cowboy lord) and the take-no-prisoners low comedy of Andrew Weems 'clotted Cloten, clomping about the place as both a deranged samurai and a crapping horse.

    Shakespeare With a Twang Brings Wild West to Wales 2002

  • Throw into the stew the cretinous Queen's son, Cloten, as a samurai dueling a cowboy whose whip sure whups and a-whops the critter real good, and you get the time-bending picture.

    Shakespeare With a Twang Brings Wild West to Wales 2002

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