The Winters Tale Theatre Break

The Winters Tale directed by David Farr.

Leontes is the man with the perfect life. Powerful, wealthy and surrounded by a loving family, he should be content, but instead he is ill at ease with the world around him. Isolated by a destructive jealousy, he lashes out at those closest to him, losing his wife and son and abandoning his daughter in distant Bohemia.

Sixteen years later, having grown up in a pastoral idyll, Leontes daughter falls in love with a young visitor, setting in motion a chain of events that could eventually reunite their scattered family.

In The Winters Tale Shakespeare strips away the trappings of a mans success in a bewitchingly beautiful exploration of what constitutes true happiness.

Newly appointed RSC Associate Director David Farr returns to the RSC following his productions of Julius Caesar (2004) and Coriolanus (2003). Currently Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith, David adapted and directed The UN Inspector for the National Theatre.

Please note: Final show times are subject to change and specific cast members cannot be guaranteed for every performance.