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The Winter's Tale

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Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale Leontes, King of Sicily, and his queen, the beautiful and virtuous Hermione, once lived in the greatest harmony together. So happy was Leontes in the love of this excellent…

Brewer's: Winter's Tale

(Shakespeare). Taken from the Pleasant History of Dorastus and Fawnia by Robert Green. Dorastus is called by Shakespeare Florizel and Doricles, and…

Gamelyn, The Tale of

(Encyclopedia) Gamelyn, The Tale ofGamelyn, The Tale ofgămˈəlĭn [key], a romance in verse, written c.1350, containing about 900 lines. It tells of the tribulations of a young man abused by his older…

Andersson, Bibi

(Encyclopedia) Andersson, Bibi, 1935–2019, Swedish actress best known for her work with director Ingmar Bergman, b. Berit Elizabeth Andersson. Her films with Bergman included The Seventh Seal (1957…

Wheeldon, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Wheeldon, Christopher, 1973–, British ballet dancer and choreographer, studied Royal Ballet School, London. An outstanding contemporary classicist, Wheeldon creates dances that are…

William Shakespeare: Winter's Tale, Act I

Act IScene IAntechamber in Leontes' palaceEnter Camillo and ArchidamusArchidamusIf you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you…

William Shakespeare: Winter's Tale, Act V

Act VScene IA room in Leontes' palaceEnter Leontes, Cleomenes, Dion, Paulina, and ServantsCleomenesSir, you have done enough, and have perform'd A saint-like sorrow: no fault could you make,…

Greene, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Greene, Robert, 1558?–1592, English author. His short romances, written in the manner of Lyly's Euphues, include Pandosto (1588), from which Shakespeare drew the plot for A Winter's…

Wain, John

(Encyclopedia) Wain, John, 1925–94, English novelist and critic, b. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, grad. Oxford (B.A., 1946; M.A., 1950). Originally lumped with England's angry young men after the…