Canadian author Crad Kilodney created the “Shakespeare For White Trash” series to make Shakespeare understandable and enjoyable to the many millions of people living now who have little or no knowledge of Shakespeare, and to prove to them that the stories contained in Shakespeare's plays are superb. The plots and characters are unchanged, but everything else has been radically restyled. Read Crad's versions and you will become a Shakespeare fan.  Enjoy!Kilodney originally posted his versions on Wordpress.com from 2010 to shortly before his death in 2014. It was the first time that all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays had been rewritten by one author and published in one place. They are re-packaged here to increase the likelyhood of people, like you, finding them.Mr. Kilodney hoped acting companies would be encouraged to stage these plays more often.Gist of the story:The story is set in Britain in the early years of the Roman Empire, during the reign ofAugustus Caesar. Cymbeline, King of Britain, wanted Imogen, his daughter from a previous marriage,to marry Cloten, the Queen’s son from a previous marriage. She has disobeyed him and has marriedPosthumus Leonatus instead. Cymbeline banishes him, and he goes to Rome. A rather sleazygentleman named Iachimo bets Posthumus that he can go to Britain and seduce Imogen. The betaccepted, Iachimo goes to Britain, hides in Imogen’s bedroom, and swipes her bracelet while she isasleep and takes note of a mole on her breast. This false “proof” of his seduction wins the bet and turnsPosthumus against Imogen. He sends instructions to Pisanio to lure Imogen out to Milford Haven inWales and murder her. Meanwhile, Lucius, the Roman ambassador, tells Cymbeline he owes tribute toCaesar. When he refuses to pay, Lucius says there will be war. The Queen gives Pisanio what shebelieves is poison, obtained from Cornelius, and tells Pisanio it is good medicine. She wants to get ridof Pisanio because he is loyal to Posthumus. Pisanio takes Imogen to Milford Haven, whereshe expects to meet Posthumus. Pisanio confesses that he was ordered to kill her. He advises her todress as a man and go to Rome to find out what’s going on. He gives her the “medicine” given to himby the Queen. Imogen, now posing as Fidele, gets lost and meets Belarius (Morgan) and his sonsGuiderius (Polydore) and Arviragus (Cadwal) and is befriended by them. Cloten goes to MilfordHaven intending to murder Posthumus and rape Imogen. He is killed in a duel with Guiderius, whochops off his head. Imogen has taken the medicine and falls into a death-like coma. The medicine wasin fact a knock-out drug. Mistaken for dead, she is laid beside the headless body of Cloten. When she4awakens, she sees the body, dressed in an old suit of Posthumus, and assumes it’s him. When Romantroops arrive, Imogen asks to be taken on as a page by Lucius. Posthumus has received a letter fromPisanio saying that Imogen is dead. Stricken with remorse, he wants to die when drafted into theRoman army. When he survives, he changes sides and disguises himself as an English peasant andhelps Belarius and his sons rescue Cymbeline. Still wanting to die, he changes sides again andbecomes a Roman and allows himself to be captured. The Romans are defeated. The Queen has diedof grief. Posthumus has been given a prophecy by Jupiter in prison. The Romans and Posthumus(appearing to be a Roman) are brought before Cymbeline to be sentenced to death. Guideriusconfesses to killing Cloten. Cymbeline sentences him to death. Belarius reveals his true identity as thebanished gentleman who stole the King’s little boys, and reveals the identities of his sons as the long-lost sons of the King. Posthumus reveals himself as the unknown peasant who helped save Cymbeline,and Imogen reveals her true identity. Cymbeline grants amnesty to the Romans, Posthumus forgivesthe repentant Iachimo, and all ends happily.(Without question, Cymbeline has the most complicated plot in all of Shakespeare. And it is incrediblethat characters fail to recognize other characters in disguise. All the devices and gimmicks in the playare familiar to us from Shakespeare’s other plays, but the total complexity pushes an audience to thelimit of what they can keep track of. This may be the reason why the play has remained obscure. Also,no one character focuses the attention of the audience. As a result, the play in its original form comesacross as something of a mishmash. Nevertheless, our mission is to make you love Shakespeare, andwe know you’ll love our White Trash version of Cymbeline. The name Cymbeline, by the way, wassuggested to Shakespeare by the name Cunobeline, who was a king of Britain during the last years B.C.until the 40’s A.D. However, there is no similarity between Shakespeare’s character and this historicalking.)