The Winter's Tale Tags

A Disjointed Winter's Tale Poses Problems

A Winter’s Tale is an odd play, esteemed one of Shakespeare’s “Romances” along with Tempest, Cymbeline, Pericles and sometimes Two Noble Kinsmen. Others deem it a problem in its...

A Glorious Bridge Between Countries, Theaters, Life and Death

The Bridge Project “was born out of a simple desire: a wish for artists, collaborators, and audiences on both sides of the Atlantic to experience one another’s work, talent, and artistry in the theater.” Sam Mendes, director of The Cherry...

An Academic Winter's Tale Revived by Spring

One of the positives of the American Globe Theatre’s modest, but respectable mounting of The Winter's Tale, directed by John Basil, is the nice, brisk pace at which the production moves. A lot o...

Exit, Pursued By a Fairy Tale

If William Shakespeare produced The Winter’s Tale in Play Writing 101 today, I bet his teacher would scold him for not following the rules of the genre. The plot is all kind of strange, for one thing—halfway through the play, the action...

The Winter's Tale

Period written: 1610-1611 First known performance: May 15, 1611 (Globe Theatre, London) Camillo and Archidamus are discussing the long-standing friendship between Leontes and Polixenes, their respective kings. Polixenes...

The Winter's Tale: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 Sicilia. An antechamber in Leontes’ palace. (Camillo, Archidamus) Enter Camillo and...

The Winter's Tale: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 Sicilia. A room of state in Leontes’ palace. (Leontes, Hermione, Mamillius, Polixenes, Camillo, Attendants)

The Winter's Tale: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 Sicilia. A room in Leontes’ palace. (Queen Hermione, Mamillius, Ladies, Leontes, Antigonus, Lords)

The Winter's Tale: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 Sicilia. The outer room of a prison. (Paulina, Gentleman Attendant, Attendants, Jailer, Emilia) Enter Paulina,...

The Winter's Tale: Act II, Scene 3

Scene 3 Sicilia. A room in Leontes’ palace. (Leontes, Servants, Paulina, Child, Antigonus, Lords) Enter...

The Winter's Tale: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 Sicilia. A sea port. (Cleomines, Dion) Enter Cleomines and...

The Winter's Tale: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 Sicilia. A court of justice. (Leontes, Lords, Officers, Hermione, Paulina, Ladies, Officers, Cleomines, Dion, Servant)

The Winter's Tale: Act III, Scene 3

Scene 3 Bohemia. A desert country near the sea. (Antigonus, Mariner, Child, Shepherd, Clown, Bear) Enter Antigonus and...

The Winter's Tale: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 (Time) Enter Time, the Chorus. TIME. I, that please some, try all, both joy and...

The Winter's Tale: Act IV, Scene 2

Scene 2 Bohemia. A room in the palace of Polixenes. (Polixenes, Camillo) Enter Polixenes and...

The Winter's Tale: Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3 Bohemia. A road near the shepherd’s cottage. (Autolycus, Clown) Enter Autolycus...

The Winter's Tale: Act IV, Scene 4

Scene 4 Bohemia. A shepherd’s cottage. (Florizel, Perdita, Clown, Polixenes, Camillo, Mopsa, Dorcas, Servant of the Old Shepherd, Shepherds, Shepherdesses,...

The Winter's Tale: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 Sicily. A room in the palace of Leontes. (Leontes, Cleomines, Dion, Paulina, Servants, Florizel, Perdita, Lord)

The Winter's Tale: Act V, Scene 2

Scene 2 Sicily. Before Leontes’ palace. (Autolycus, Gentlemen, Shepherd, Clown) Enter Autolycus and a...

The Winter's Tale: Act V, Scene 3

Scene 3 A chapel in Paulina’s house. (Leontes, Polixenes, Florizel, Perdita, Camillo, Paulina, Lords, Hermione)