The Winter s Tale
.
Act II, scene 3: Antigonus swears his loyalty to Leontes, in an attempt to save Leontes young
daughter s life.
From a painting by John Opie commissioned by the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery
for printing and display.
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The Winter s Tale
.
Act II, scene 3: Antigonus swears his loyalty to Leontes, in an attempt to save Leontes young
daughter s life.
From a painting by John Opie commissioned by the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery
for printing and display.
The Winter s Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of
1623.
Although it was grouped among the comedies,[1]
some modern editors have relabelled the
play as one of Shakespeare s late romances.
Some critics, among them W.
W.
Lawrence,[2][full citation
needed]
consider it to be one of Shakespeare s "problem plays", because the first three acts are filled
with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy
ending.
Nevertheless, the play has been intermittently popular, revived in productions in various forms
and adaptations by some of the leading theatre practitioners in Shakespearean performance
history, beginning after a long interval with David Garrick in his adaptation ca
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