num_pages: 121
description: ""The Winter's Tale" is high fantasy, a tale to be told by the fire! The play belongs to the type known as "tragicomedy", but Shakespeare has separated the tragedy from the comedy. The first part has the same kind of tragic development as "Othello"; the second part is pure idyllic comedy. "The Winter's Tale" is a far better play to hear and see than to read; it needs the voice of the actor to give it life." - G.B. Harrison, editor of texts for The Shakespeare Recording Society.
language: English
title: The Winter's Tale
titlecomplete: The Winter's Tale (Folger Library General Reader's Shakespeare)
characters: Dorcas (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), Clown, Antigonus, Mariner, Perdita of Sicilia, Cleomenes, Archidamus, Shepherd, reputed father to Perdita, Emilia, Mopsa, Leontes of Sicilia, Camillo, Autolycus, Hermione of Sicilia, Rogero, Officer, Polixenes of  Bohemia, Gentleman, Gaoler, Steward, Florizel of Bohemia, Time, Dion, Paulina, Mamilius
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, 17th Century, Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Theatre
ratings_count: 32246
places: Bohemia, Sicily
publisher: Pocket Books