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The Winter's Tale: Third Series

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Full Title:

The Winter's Tale: Third Series

Contributors:

By (Author) William Shakespeare
Edited by John Pitcher

ISBN:

9781903436349

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

The Arden Shakespeare

Publication Date:

1st September 2010

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Educational: First / native language: Literature studies
Classic and pre-20th century plays

Dewey:

822.33

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

496

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 30mm

Weight:

636g

Description

One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragic-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.

Author Bio

John Pitcher is Professor of English at St John's College, Oxford.

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