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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare

so-so

The Winter‘s Tale, by William Shakespeare (ca. 1610)
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Premise: A paranoid tyrant destroys his family and friendships, but everything works out in the end.

Review: I‘m slowly working my way through Shakespeare‘s catalog, and have to say this was my least favourite so far. The plot depends on a wholly unmotivated turn by a main character, whip then disappears for the meat of his narrative arc, only to reappear in time for a happy ending. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday This means that we don‘t get to witness his character development, how he came to his repentance and grief over his actions and therefore narratively earn his happy ending. Shakespeare is Shakespeare, and there are some truly lovely speeches in here, as well as some fun comedic relief. But as a play, this didn‘t really cohere and so fell a bit flat for me. 2d

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kspenmoll

King Lear | William Shakespeare

The perfect night! No stars because the lawn performance we saw began at 5:30. But the evening was lovely- low 80s, breezy, sun with billowy clouds.This summer event has become a tradition for my former, several years retired, HS English co-teacher & me. We each brought picnic food to share & caught up with each other during intermission. 💜💜💜

Ruthiella What fun! 🤩 2d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳💝💝💝. 2d

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Lcsmcat

The Winters Tale | William Shakespeare

Tickets to see A Winter‘s Tale at Blackfriars tonight. I‘m dying to see how they do the bear! 🐻

Andrea313 Enjoy! ❤️🐻 6d

Chrissyreadit FUN! 6d

Sparklemn Jealous! 💚 (edited) 6d

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StaceGhost Yay! My friend is a member of the Virginia Blackfriars rep 6d

Lcsmcat @StaceGhost Cool! It was an excellent performance. Did they have a role last night? 6d

StaceGhost @Lcsmcat no, he‘s on vacation. But he directed a version of winters tale once and it was really good. I bet their show was better but I won‘t tell him that! How did they do the bear? 6d

Lcsmcat @StaceGhost It‘s hard to describe, but several cast members had furry brown hoodies, and there was a bear head on a stick. They arranged themselves into a sort of bear shape with one holding the head. Then they broke apart and surrounded Antigonus (passing the head around amongst them) and dragged him offstage by his ankles. Visually more effective than that description. 🐻 5d

StaceGhost @Lcsmcat that‘s brilliant! And no your description was perfect lol 5d

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bibliothecarivs

A New History of Early English Drama | John D. Cox, David Scott Kastan

Recent acquisition for our personal library.

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bibliothecarivs

How to Read Shakespeare | Nicholas Royle

Recent acquisition for our personal library.

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LitsyEvents

A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare

Repost for @LunaKay

Hey Littens,

I hope the motivation to read some classics is not affected by the heat (at least over here in Germany it is very, very hot). 🥵🌴

For the 3rd quarter, we'll tackle some stage writing!

Grab some lemonade, enjoy and tag me in your posts!☀️🏖

#classicschallenge2025

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Lunakay

A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare

Hey Littens,

I hope the motivation to read some classics is not affected by the heat (at least over here in Germany it is very, very hot). 🥵🌴

For the 3rd quarter, we'll tackle some stage writing!

Grab some lemonade, enjoy and tag me in your posts!☀️🏖

(It's so hot, I asked the AI to design a cool pic for us😂)#classicschallenge2025