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Title:The Winter's Tale
Author:William Shakespeare
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:The New Cambridge Shakespeare
Pages:Pages: 279 pages
Published:March 1st 2007 by Cambridge University Press (first published 1623)
Categories:Plays. Classics
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You can find an alternative cover for this ISBN here. The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems and an extensive introduction. The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most varied, theatrically self-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. Much of the play's copiousness inheres in its generic intermingling of tragedy, comedy, romance, pastoral, and the history play. In addition to dates and sources, the introduction attends to iterative patterns, the nature and cause of Leontes' jealousy, the staging and meaning of the bear episode, and the thematic and structural implications of the figure of Time. Special attention is paid to the ending and its tempered happiness. Performance history is integrated throughout the introduction and commentary. Appendices include the theatrical practice of doubling.

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Original Title: The Winter's Tale
ISBN: 0521293731 (ISBN13: 9780521293730)
Edition Language: English
Characters: Leontes of Sicilia, Paulina, Camillo, Autolycus, Polixenes of Bohemia, Hermione of Sicilia, Florizel of Bohemia, Clown, Perdita of Sicilia, Shepherd, reputed father to Perdita, Steward, Gentleman, Antigonus, Time, Dion, Cleomenes, Mopsa, Mamilius, Archidamus, Emilia, Officer, Dorcas, Rogero, Gaoler, Mariner
Setting: Sicily(Italy) Bohemia(Czech Republic)


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Abridged version: (inspired by Madeline's great abridged versions)Act ILEONTES, KING OF SICILY: You are my bestest friend since childhood, Polixenes!POLIXENES, KING OF BOHEMIA: You are my bestest friend too, Leontes! But its been 9 months and, yknow, I need to get home to my kingdom and son and all. KING LEONTES: NOOOOOO. I need you in my life! Stay, stay!QUEEN HERMIONE: I agree with my husband.KING POLIXENES: Well, shucks, fine, Ill stay a little longer.KING LEONTES: MY WIFE IS A CHEATING

When I read this in High School last, I believed that I loved it more than all the other Shakespeare plays combined, and it still holds a ton of charm for me now, although not quite as much as before.For one, the thief was slightly more annoying than as a charming plot device.For another, it's hard to believe that even divorce could be so reconciled. :)Granted, this is an almost magical divorce, so why not ramp up the reconciliation to wipe away the tragedy of a child's death, the loss of the

This is one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. It's like a fairy tale that is pagan in setting but Christian in its themes, which include guilt, repentance, redemption, resurrection, forgiveness, grace,and love. There are, in a sense, two plays here, divided by the passage of time. The first play ends with the stage note, "Exit, pursued by a bear." This time through, I listened to the audio production from my Arkangel Complete Shakespeare set. An added benefit of this audio--Ciaran Hines plays

A sad tales best for winterAn incredible potpourri of comedy, tragedy and fantasy that once again defies categorization. Dramatic realism comes through in the form of an obsessively jealous king, reminiscent of well-known Othello, the complex relationships between parents and children, as in King Lear or Hamlet, mystical resonance in Greek legends that contemplate sculptures turning into human beings, recalling the Christian concept of resurrection, and a lush, floral poetry that evokes the

It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't. - Shakespeare, The Winter's TaleIt starts out as a problem play and ends up a problematic, pastoral mess. First, I should disclose, and probably have before, that I'm not a fan of Shakespeare's plays with songs. I'd even complain about the songs in A Midsummer Nights Dream if it wasn't such a damn fine play. But my main issue with this play isn't the music, the play is just uneven. It starts off crazynuts (in a good way): a

This is a story of male friendship. We have the king of Sicily, Leontes, and the king of Bohemia, Polixenes indulging their fondness for each other. From the very outset, we see how these two friends socialize and enjoy the pleasures of being together. Even if they both have wives in tow (however, Prolixness is visiting Leontes without his queen), it is still a queer friendship. For instance, they both are kings, but Polixenes have the time to spend nine months with Leontes. Conventionally, this

An astonishing work, late Shakespeare at his best, maybe just prior to the Tempest. Best children's role in the canon, Mamilius. Perhaps the most jealous of all the Bard's jealous lovers and spouses, Leontes. The most innocent accused, Hermione. The best stage direction, "Exit pursued by a Bear." The best friendship turned sour. The best speech on flowers, Perdita's "Now my fairest friend, / I would I had some flowers o' the spring that might/ Become your time of day, and yours and