William Shakespeare

The winter's tale is a play in five acts by William Shakespeare, originally produced in 1610-11 with a plot based on the play Pandosto (1588) by Robert Greene.

in Shakespeare's later years

Written by Shakespeare in Shakespeare's later years, The Winter’s Tale is an intriguing mix of drama and comedy.

Mark Helprin

Winter's Tale is an adaptation of Mark Helprin's book (under the same name).

by Freddie Mercury at Luciano Pavarotti's apartment in Montreux, Switzerland

A Winter's Tale' is a ballad written and composed by Freddie Mercury at Luciano Pavarotti's apartment in Montreux, Switzerland.

there is no question that Shakespeare is the sole author of The Winter’s Tale, which is generally recognized as Shakespeare's most fully realized romance (setting aside The Tempest for The Tempest's unique qualities).

Shakespeare probably collaborated with George Wilkins on Pericles,(3) but there is no question that Shakespeare is the sole author of The Winter’s Tale, which is generally recognized as Shakespeare's most fully realized romance (setting aside The Tempest for The Tempest's unique qualities).

one of Shakespeare's four last plays or ‘late romances’ that Shakespeare wrote

‘The Winter’s Tale’ written by Shakespeare was one of Shakespeare's four last plays or ‘late romances’ that Shakespeare wrote.

a 46-year-old Shakespeare

In 1610, a 46-year-old Shakespeare wrote The Winter’s Tale, a play about a 46-year-old king who recovers a wife and a daughter whom a 46-year-old Shakespeare believed a 46-year-old Shakespeare had irrevocably lost.

one of the very last plays Shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin, forgiveness, death, rebirth, and the power of Time and Nature to heal all wounds

The Winter's Tale was one of the very last plays Shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin, forgiveness, death, rebirth, and the power of Time and Nature to heal all wounds.

by the Bard — —

“The Winter’s Tale” was written by the Bard of Avon — the man colloquially known as Shakespeare — in the 16th century.

one of Shakespeare, both in structure and content ’s most innovative of plays

The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s most innovative of plays, both in structure and content.

one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays – a dazzling and compassionate saga known for a dazzling and compassionate saga's masterful blending of the tragic, comic and spiritual

The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful plays – a dazzling and compassionate saga known for a dazzling and compassionate saga's masterful blending of the tragic, comic and spiritual.

Hans Christian Andersen

The plot is loosely based on the well-known fairy tale titled THE SNOW QUEEN written by Hans Christian Andersen and published in Denmark in 1844.

Prince Vladimir Odoevsky

In 1840 Prince Vladimir Odoevsky first wrote the centuries-old fairy tale about the mythical figure who lived in an ice kingdom accessible only through a magical well.

Shakespeare’s often-forgotten masterpiece

The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare’s often-forgotten masterpiece.

Shakespeare’s tragicomedy of obsession and redemption , following their collaboration on Macbeth in Manchester and Manhattan that has been reimagined in this new production that is co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh

The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare’s tragicomedy of obsession and redemption that has been reimagined in this new production that is co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, following their collaboration on Macbeth in Manchester and Manhattan.

one of the last plays of Shakespeare, who died in 1616

The Winter's Tale' was one of the last plays of Shakespeare, who died in 1616.

Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works and Christopher Wheeldon

Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works and Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale.

among Shakespeare

The Winter’s Tale is among Shakespeare’s late plays called the Romances, and if you think about late plays , they’re all like tragedies in reverse.

one of Shakespeare's comedic plays which follows the story of jealous King Leontes of Sicily

The Winter’s Tale’ is one of Shakespeare's comedic plays which follows the story of jealous King Leontes of Sicily.

Cymbeline; ; and The Tempest

The late romances, often simply called the romances, are a grouping of William Shakespeare's last plays, this collection comprises Pericles; Cymbeline; The Winter's Tale; and The Tempest.