One of Shakespeare’s later romantic comedies, The Winter’s Tale offers a striking, challenging blend of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, and pastoral song and dance, building towards dramatic revelations and reunions. Its themes richly orchestrate the contrasts between age and youth, corruption and innocence, decline and regeneration, with both Leontes’ murderous jealousy and Perdita’s love for Florizel rendered with eloquent intensity. On stage, the play consistently proves as entertaining as it is deeply moving. This edition is edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
ISBN 13: 9781853262357
Author: William Shakespeare
