Imogen beats Innogen when it comes to Shakespeare's Cymbeline | Letters by Letters

In her review of Cymbeline (12 December), Lyn Gardner refers to the heroine as Innogen, and states that the more common use of Imogen is a misspelling. This theory is based on a 1611 diary entry after a performance attended by Simon Forman, who died four days later in his 59th year. The only source we have for the text is the 1623 First Folio, where "Imogen" is printed 38 times and the editors, Heminge and Condell, w…

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