{"id":1263,"date":"2021-04-14T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&p=1263"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:00:26","slug":"the-winters-tale","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/the-winters-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Winter’s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A performance is first noted by the astrologer Simon Forman, who saw it at the Globe Theatre on 15th May 1611. The personnel requirements and certain aspects of the text (to do with Satyrs) establish that the play was written to premiere in late winter  or early spring 1611.<\/p>\n

First appears in the First Folio. It was probably typeset from a reliable manuscript, prepared by Ralph Crane (a professional scribe employed by the King\u2019s Men), who copied it from Shakespeare\u2019s manuscripts or an earlier copy.\u2028<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2018Music, awake her, strike!
\u2019Tis time; descend; be stone no more; approach;
<\/span>Strike all that look upon with marvel.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>, V iii<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Consumed by unfounded jealousy, King Leontes becomes convinced that his wife Hermione has committed adultery with his childhood friend Polixenes. He sends his infant daughter, Perdita, away to her death. After Hermione is reported dead, Leontes discovers her innocence and is inconsolable with grief and remorse. Perdita survives to provide redemption, in a play that weaves together human psychology and divine magic.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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