num_pages: 333
description: The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel   The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.   For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.    
language: English
title: The Winter's Tale
titlecomplete: The Winter's Tale
characters: Mamilius, Dorcas (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), Archidamus, Camillo, Clown, Polixenes of  Bohemia, Time, Leontes of Sicilia, Autolycus, Gentleman, Officer, Cleomenes, Shepherd, reputed father to Perdita, Paulina, Emilia, Hermione of Sicilia, Dion, Mopsa, Gaoler, Perdita of Sicilia, Steward, Mariner, Antigonus, Florizel of Bohemia, Rogero
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, School, Romance, Poetry, Literature, 17th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 32247
places: Bohemia, Sicily
publisher: Clarendon Press