The Winter's Tale


Lets look through at the brief introductory of this wonderful play...

Overturn the seasons with Riding Lights' retelling of THE WINTER'S TALE by William Shakespeare, directed by Paul Burbridge and designed by Sean Cavanagh.

A CROWN, A PALACE, AN ISLAND IN THE MED, a delightful wife and family - they sound like the stuff of paradise, the life of the man who has everything. But that man is Leontes, and this Sicilian paradise has a spider lurking in its claret...

An obsessive suspicion is poisoning Leontes' mind. The poison spreads, wreaking disastrous havoc throughout his family and his kingdom - his wife is imprisoned and condemned, his son dies, his oldest friends flee the country and a baby daughter is abandoned to the elements.

But even while things are at their darkest, seeds of new life are taking root. The resurrection theme of The Winter's Tale moves in with surging energy and robust humour, on a tide of new love, faithful friendship, high summer and celebration.

The Winter's Tale is ideally suited to the style for which Riding Lights has become renowned over 19 years - a unique blend of epic drama and high comedy. It is a compelling story to grip your mind and warm your heart, as it moves from the winter wastes of jealousy ... to the place where things come back to life.

This play had taken place from 5th to 30th November 1996 at The Bridewell Theatre

Source : http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rltc/winterstale.html

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare


Tired of Othello???
Let's move on to our second play for this semester.
As you can see from the title above, we will be introducing all of you viewer's out there to The Winter's Tale also a masterpiece by the great man; Shakespeare himself.
This play is categorized as a comedy play and involves a lot of human nature in it.
Its basically about two royal families who were at first in good terms with each other, eventually the relationship were falling apart due to jealousy, misunderstanding, infidelity, possessions, forbidden love and etc.
it has more of a Bollywood setting in it whereby there are a lot of spices and drama mixed all together to reach to an expected ending.
"They lived happily ever after" ;)
We will be updating all of you with a more reader-friendly approach for this play's information.
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