the second major shift of 20th-century scenography of shakespeare was in barry vincent jackson's 1923 production of "cymbeline" at the birmingham rep. this production was groundbreaking because it reintroduced the idea of modern dress back into shakespeare. it was not the first modern-dress production since there were a few minor examples before world war i, but "cymbeline" was the first to call attention to the device in a blatant way. iachimo was costumed in evening dress for the wager, the court was in military uniforms, and the disguised imogen in knickerbockers and cap. it was for this production that critics invented the catch phrase "shakespeare in plus-fours". the experiment was moderately successful, and the director, h.k. ayliff, two years later staged "hamlet" in modern dress. these productions paved the way for the modern-dress shakespearean productions that we are familiar with today.