Details

'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 Running time 3 hours 15 minutes.

Cast/Performers

Alex Jennings, Richard Addison, Geoffrey Beevers, Melanie Clark Pullen, Elaine Claxton, Phil Daniels, Joe Dixon, Branwell Donaghey, Alex Dower, Peter Eastland, Steven Elliott, Deborah Findlay, John Normington, Nicholas Prideaux, Stephen Rashbrook, Ann-Marie Roberts, Daniel Roberts, Iain Robertson, Nick Sampson, Jennifer Scott-Malden, Katy Secombe, Claire Skinner, Florence Sparham, Julian Wadham, Katie Wimpenny, Brigid Zengeni, Rosie Day, Thomas Brown-Lowe, Joseph Gritt, Liam Hess, Toby Parkes, Chloe Smyth, Jordan Theis, Danielle Victory

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal National Theatre
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Design: Ashley Martin-Davis
Costume: Jon Morrell
Lighting: Rick Fisher
Music: Simon Webb
Sound: Paul Groothuis