The Winter's Tale

...21 Gregg Baker, Jeanette Bayardelle and Mary Bond Davis star in Best of Both Worlds, the contemporary gospel retelling of Shakespeare's Winter's Tale, which begins performances at the American Repertory Theater beginning Nov. 21.

In this article: William Shakespeare and American Repertory Theater

...than its arts scene. Earlier this year, Singapore hosted Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" as well as a production of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" directed by Sam Mendes and starring Rebecca Hall and Ethan Hawke, as the global...

In this article: Asia, Victor Victoria, Singapore, Victor/Victoria, Victor/Victoria, Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards, and Reuters

...in the word "quartet." For whatever reason, many great late works have come in quartets. Think of Shakespeare's final four plays, Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest, considered a series because they are all rather chilly...

In this article: Philip Roth, Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs, Exit Ghost, Indignation, Everyman, Judith Shulevitz, and Stage fright

...been turned to stone, she is returned to her son at the end. "It is the end of The Winter's Tale, which is my favourite Shakespeare play - I am always working with it." The Battle of the Sun is dedicated to Winterson's goddaughters,...

In this article: Jeanette Winterson, Coal, Silver, London, Soup, Capitalism, Dog, and Battle of the Sun

...better." He has studied Shakespeare's plays and is aware that the late plays -- such as The Tempest, A Winter's Tale and Pericles -- concern the relationship between fathers and daughters: their conflicts, their reconciliations. Some...

In this article: Lear, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Sandwich, State Theatre Company of South Australia, and Dementia

...literature' Some works of literature are familiar to readers for only one detail, or line: Many know Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, not for the climactic redemption scene, but for the stage direction, "Exit pursued by a bear." War veterans...

In this article: Testosterone, Booker Prize, Erica Wagner, Philip Roth, Offal, and The Times

...miles away. Last night several thousand people, including Kevin Spacey, the Hollywood actor, sat through a performance of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the ancient theatre of Epidavros, 85 miles southwest of Athens, with the distinct...

In this article: Athens, William Shakespeare, Kevin Spacey, Greece, Epidavros, and Hollywood

...in the Avon Theatre for 2010: J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan," directed by Tim Carroll. Stratford also has four Shakespeares in the works for 2010: "As You Like It" and "The Tempest," both directed by Des McAnuff, with Carver starring in "As...

In this article: Stratford Festival, Christopher Plummer, Evita, Brent Carver, Chicago, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Shakespeares

William Shakespeare used the abandonment and discovery of Perdita in The Winter's Tale, and Edmund Spenser reveals in the last Canto of Book 6 of The Faerie Queen that the character Pastorella, raised by shepherds, is in fact of noble birth.

In this article: Oedipus, Silas Marner, Misdemeanor, Perdita, William Shakespeare, Leela, and Defendant