Description: One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the first Leontes is thrown into a jealous rage by his suspicions of his wife Hermione and his best-friend, and imprisons her and orders that her new born daughter be left to perish. The second half is a pastoral comedy with the "lost" daughter Perdita having been rescued by shepherds and now in love with a young prince. The play ends with former lovers and friends reunited after the apparently miraculous resurrection of Hermione. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. As the recent Sam Mendes production at the Old Vic shows, this is a play that can work a kind of magic in the theatre. John Pitcher is Professor of English at St John's College, Oxford.
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EAN: 9781903436356
UPC: 9781903436356
ISBN: 9781903436356
MPN: N/A
Item Length: 19.6 cm
Book Title: The Winter's Tale: Third Series
Item Height: 198mm
Item Width: 129mm
Author: William Shakespeare
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Literature, Plays
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 540g
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
