The winter's tale
By: choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; music, Joby Talbot ; directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon
Contributors: Cuthbertson, Lauren, 1984- dancer; McRae, Steven, dancer; Watson, Edward, 1976- dancer; Yanowsky, Zenaida, dancer; Lamb, Sarah, dancer; Bonelli, Federico, dancer; Briskin, David, conductor; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Royal Ballet; Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra
Edition: Special edition.
Published: 2015
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Television adaptations; Drama; Kings and rulers; Jealousy
Other titles: Winter's tale from the Royal Ballet (Television program)
Description: Presents a televised ballet performance adapting Shakespeare's play of jealousy, compassion, and forgiveness in which King Leontes accuses his friend of betrayal, his wife of infidelity, and orders the banishment of his newborn daughter.
Notes: Ballet in a prologue and three acts.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

DTS surround, anamorphic widescreen 1.78:1.

Features: From page to stage : dancing The winter's tale; introductions to Acts II and III; cast gallery.

Designs, Bob Crowley ; lighting design, Natasha Katz.

Lauren Cuthbertson, Steven McRae, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky, Sarah Lamb, Federico Bonelli, dancers ; Royal Ballet ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; David Briskin, conductor.

Filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, April 2014.

Not rated.

For private home use only.