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Shakespeare plays IMOGEN, a princess

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Imogen dressed in Anglo-Saxon style, with a ginger-coloured wig in coiled plaits over his ears; he looks sorrowful, one hand on his breast as he holds out a sword hilt-first with the other

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Imogen has just learnt that her husband has commanded his servant Pisanio to kill her. Pisanio can't bring himself to do it, but the despairing Imogen urges him on.
Cymbeline
Act 3 Scene 4

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