The Winter's Tale (Penguin Shakespeare)

by William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author), Ernest Schanzer (Editor), Paul Edmondson (Contributor), Russ McDonald (Introduction)

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.46

  The jealous King of Sicily becomes convinced that his wife is carrying the child of his best friend. Imprisoned and put on trial, the Queen collapses when the King refuses to accept the divine confirmation of her innocence. The child is abandoned to die on the coast of Bohemia. But when she is found and raised by a shepherd, it seems redemption may be possible.

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  Paperback
  1966

  $3.32

  The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This edition of The Winters's Tale provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.

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  Hardcover
  

  $3.46

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $14.77

  Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, The Winter's Tale has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

• New

  Hardcover
  1996

  $299.96

  The Winter's Tale is regarded as Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragicomedy. This edition considers the play in relation to Renaissance conceptions of both dramatic genre and the family.