The Winter's Tale

Shakespeare's great tragicomic romance, "The Winter's Tale", includes the newly updated features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, dramatic criticism and a special Introduction by editor Sylvan Barnet.

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Title of ebook: The Winter's Tale
ISBN: 9781101119037
parent-ISBN: 9780451527141
Publisher: Signet Classic
Pages: 304
Published: 11-1998
Released online for download: 11-01-1998
Author of eBook: Shakespeare, William

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The Winter's Tale

Excerpt

Characters In the Play

LEONTES, King of SICILIA
HERMIONE, Queen of Sicilia
MAMILLIUS, their son
PERDITA, their daughter

POLIXENES, King of BOHEMIA
FLORIZELL, his son

CAMILLO, a courtier, friend to Leontes and then to Polixenes ANTIGONUS, a Sicilian courtier
PAULINA, his wife and lady-in-waiting to Hermione
CLEOMENES courtier in Sicilia
DION courtier in Sicilia
EMILIA, a lady-in-waiting to Hermione

SHEPHERD, foster father to Perdita
SHEPHERD'S SON
AUTOLYCUS, former servant to Florizell, now a rogue ARCHIDAMUS, a Bohemian courtier

TIME, as Chorus

TWO LADIES attending on Hermione
LORDS, SERVANTS, and GENTLEMEN attending on Leontes
An OFFICER of the court
A MARINER
A JAILER
MOPSA shepherdess in Bohemia
DORCAS shepherdess in Bohemia

SERVANT to the Shepherd

SHEPHERDS and SHEPHERDESSES
Twelve COUNTRYMEN disguised as satyrs

ACT 1

Scene 1
Enter Camillo and Archidamus.

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