We asked the question of why plays like Cymbeline, and frankly, anything other than the holy trinity of Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and The Tempest are not taught in schools, and I think it has to do with an unsubstantial foundation in Mythology despite the fact that reading more Shakespeare would remedy this problem. Yes, Cymbeline is violent and overtly sexual and perverse, but what Shakespeare play isn't? I think it is because students (or teachers) lack the background knowledge or willingness to develop a background knowledge of the less popular plays due to how much you have to have read beforehand to get the inside-joke nature of these allusions. I personally think that introducing a play as outrageous as Cybeline or Measure for Measure (which is pretty dang violent/sexual as well) to a classroom with the effort made to get the kids to understand what's going on would only make the kids (a few at least) more excited about the Bard.
In regards to the last 4 plays, I feel like you almost need to read them first to understand some of the earlier ones. There are several mythological allusions in Cymbeline that would help a reader better understand the archetypes that are in all of the other plays such as the goddess of love and the leo = lion stuff.
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