The Winter's Tale

Synopsis/Company

'Pray you, sit by us, and tell's a tale. Merry or sad shall't be? As merry as you will. A sad tale's best for winter.' A tale of passion, jealousy, fantasy and fairytale, the play charts the transition from winter to spring, tragedy to comedy, and revenge to romance. It is the story of high adventure where an angry King falsely accuses and discards his family to his later regret


Performers Robert Hands (Leontes), Richard Dempsey (Hermione), Nicholas Asbury (Polixines), Ben Allen, Tony Bell, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Gunnar Cauthery, Karl Davies, John Dougall, Finn Hanlon, Vince Leigh, Chris Myles, Gary Shelford, Dominic Thorburn. Author Shakespeare. Corporate Sponsor Coutts & Co. Company Propeller. Adapted by Edward Hall. Adapted by Roger Warren. Director Edward Hall. Design Michael Pavelka. Lighting Ben Ormerod. Music Propeller. Sound David Gregoryr.

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