THE WINTER'S TALE
by William Shakespeare
Saturday 25 October to Saturday 1 November 2025
Mary Wallace Theatre
In the austere "imperial" court of Sicily, Queen Hermione is accused of infidelity by her husband, Leontes. Seized by ungovernable jealousy his actions have catastrophic repercussions. A dramatic change of scene transports us across sixteen years and to the bucolic idyll of the Bohemian countryside of the 1920s with young lovers, homely shepherds, a singing trickster, and a bear. Ultimately Shakespeare's magic weaves all these strands into a harmonious resolution and what was lost is found.
Guidance - This play contains violent and abusive behaviour and material some may find distressing.
Want to know more about 'The Winter’s Tale'? Come to "Bears, Ballads and the Triumph of Time", Wednesday 8 October, 7:45pm at the Mary Wallace Theatre. Free of Charge. Come to hear Gerald Baker’s tour of 'The Winter’s Tale', Shakespeare’s late masterpiece: where it came from, what else was happening in the theatre of the day, and what happened after its premiere.
Cast
IN SICILIA: ARCHIDAMA Kirsty Kelly CAMILLO Ben Collingwood Best POLIXENES Peter Easterbrook LEONTES Luciano Dodero HERMIONE Louise Stenson MAMILLIUS Bertie Dodero EMILIA Lilybella Bayliss LYDIA Josie Teale CLEOMENES Peter Messum ANTIGONUS Roderick Ellis PAULINA Caroline Tajasque DION Paul Smith MARINER Bob Trimble
IN BOHEMIA: OLD SHEPHERD Sean Edwards YOUNG SHEPHERD Will Hunter AUTOLYCUS Charlotte Horobin FLORIZEL Emanuel Andrade PERDITA Leonie Crawford MOPSA Josie Teale DORCAS Lilybella Bayliss
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Stage Manager:
Paul Don Smith
Simon Bartlett
Debbie Campbell, Denise Tomlinson
Paul Nicholson
Ralph Blackbourn
Mair Graham, John Gilbert
Sasha Gascoine
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