description: The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays.
language: English
title: The Winter's Tale: A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare
titlecomplete: The Winter's Tale: A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare
characters: Antigonus, Emilia, Steward, Autolycus, Camillo, Time, Cleomenes, Polixenes of  Bohemia, Gaoler, Mopsa, Florizel of Bohemia, Leontes of Sicilia, Gentleman, Archidamus, Shepherd, reputed father to Perdita, Perdita of Sicilia, Hermione of Sicilia, Dorcas (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), Dion, Clown, Rogero, Officer, Mariner, Paulina, Mamilius
genres: Literature, Fiction, Romance, Poetry, Theatre, Plays, School, Drama, 17th Century, Classics
ratings_count: 32251
places: Bohemia, Sicily
publisher: Modern Language Association of America