Leontes has everything a man could want: power, wealth, a loving family and friends. But he is not at peace. Inside he harbours a bitter jealousy that drives him to destroy all he holds dear.
Many years later in a distant country a journey begins that may ultimately heal his pain and reunite his family in Shakespeare's uplifting tale of reconciliation and forgiveness.
I read `The Winter's Tale just once, and what I took from it was the improbable, romantic tale of reunion, miracle and repentance. King Leontes is proud and powerful, and jumps to the terrible conclusion that his wife Hermione was unfaithful and that the baby she bears was by King Polixenes. He throws Hermione into prison and orders the baby to be left to die somewhere far. What ensue are shades of tragedy and twists of comedy, the latter of which I don't remember much at all.
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