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* LighterAndSofter: The primary source for the plot was Robert Greene's ''Pandosto''. Shakespeare removed the dark plot points in which Pandosto (Leontes) unwittingly lusted after his own daughter Fawnia (Perdita) and tried to separate her from Dorastus (Florizel) before killing himself in remorse at the end of the story, and added the resurrection of Queen Hermione (whose equivalent character from the original, Bellaria, stayed dead.)
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* LighterAndSofter: The primary source for the plot was Robert Greene's ''Pandosto''. Shakespeare removed the dark plot points in which Pandosto (Leontes) unwittingly lusted after his own daughter Fawnia (Perdita) and tried to separate her from Dorastus (Florizel) before killing himself in remorse at the end of the story, and added the resurrection "resurrection" of Queen Hermione (whose equivalent character from the original, Bellaria, stayed dead.)
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* LighterAndSofter: The primary source for the plot was Robert Greene's ''Pandosto''. Shakespeare removed the dark plot points in which Pandosto (Leontes) unwittingly lusted after his own daughter Fawnia (Perdita) and tried to separate her from Dorastus (Florizel) before killing himself in remorse at the end of the story, and added the resurrection of Queen Hermione (whose equivalent character from the original, Bellaria, stayed dead.)
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A three-act {{ballet}} adaptation was released in 2014, with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon and music by Joby Talbot.
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Leontes' other child, prince Mamillius, dies because he has been separated from his mother, and soon after, Hermione dies as well. Leontes realizes his error, and decides to grieve his family for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, Antigonus bemoans his job, but leaves the infant Perdita in a wild area of Bohemia, before being [[ExitPursuedByABear devoured by a bear]]. A shepherd and his son find the baby and resolve to care for her.
[[TimeSkip Flashforward sixteen years!]] Time itself comes onstage to tell the audience that Florizel, Polixenes's son, has fallen for Perdita (who knows nothing of her royal heritage). His father is none-too-pleased and decides to spy on them at a sheep-shearing festival. Florizel, after being confronted by his father, flees with Perdita to Sicilia, and everyone (including LovableRogue Autolycus) pursues. There, Perdita's heritage is revealed. Father and daughter reunite, just as a statue of Hermione is brought onstage. Amazingly, the statue comes to life, and so the happy family is together once more. [[note]]Except Mamillius, he kinda gets screwed.[[/note]] Autolycus becomes the servant of Perdita's foster father, and all loose ends are tied up nicely.
[[TimeSkip Flashforward sixteen years!]] Time itself comes onstage to tell the audience that Florizel, Polixenes's son, has fallen for Perdita (who knows nothing of her royal heritage). His father is none-too-pleased and decides to spy on them at a sheep-shearing festival. Florizel, after being confronted by his father, flees with Perdita to Sicilia, and everyone (including LovableRogue Autolycus) pursues. There, Perdita's heritage is revealed. Father and daughter reunite, just as a statue of Hermione is brought onstage. Amazingly, the statue comes to life, and so the happy family is together once more. [[note]]Except Mamillius, he kinda gets screwed.[[/note]] Autolycus becomes the servant of Perdita's foster father, and all loose ends are tied up nicely.
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[[TimeSkip Flashforward sixteen years!]] Time itself comes onstage to tell the audience that Florizel, Polixenes's son, has fallen for Perdita (who knows nothing of her royal heritage). His father is none-too-pleased and decides to spy on them at a sheep-shearing festival. Florizel, after being confronted by his father, flees with Perdita to Sicilia, and everyone (including LovableRogue Autolycus) pursues. There, Perdita's heritage is revealed. Father and daughter
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* AerithAndBob: Paulina and her husband Antigonus (and the king Leontes, and the other king Polixenes, etc etc etc)
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* AerithAndBob: Paulina and her husband Antigonus (and the king Leontes, and the other king Polixenes, etc etc etc)etc., etc., etc.)
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Paulina tries to invoke this, taking the newborn baby princess to Leontes in the hope his heart will soften. He refuses to see the baby, and orders her killed.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Paulina tries to invoke this, taking the newborn baby princess to Leontes in the hope his heart will soften. He refuses to see the baby, baby and orders her killed.
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* GreenEyedMonster: The explanation for Leontes' behaviour, though even that doesn't excuse the stuff he pulls.
* KangarooCourt: Hermione's trial starts out with Leontes declaring that he wants a fair and open process, but when all the evidence goes against him he arbitrarily declares Hermione guilty regardless.
* KangarooCourt: Hermione's trial starts out with Leontes declaring that he wants a fair and open process, but when all the evidence goes against him he arbitrarily declares Hermione guilty regardless.
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* GreenEyedMonster: The explanation for Leontes' Leontes's behaviour, though even that doesn't excuse the stuff he pulls.
* KangarooCourt: Hermione's trial starts out with Leontes declaring that he wants a fair and open process, but when all the evidence goes againsthim him, he arbitrarily declares Hermione guilty regardless.
* KangarooCourt: Hermione's trial starts out with Leontes declaring that he wants a fair and open process, but when all the evidence goes against
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** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious are baseless and all the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately a messenger arrives to announce the beginning of the dire consequence.
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** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious Leontes's suspicions are baseless and all the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately a messenger arrives to announce the beginning of the dire consequence.
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** Perdita comes from the Latin word for "lost"; the meaning of the name is intentional in-universe as well, since she is only named after her father has ordered her banishment.
** In Greek mythology, Autolycus was son of Hermes, god of thieves, and was a well-known crook.
** In Greek mythology, Autolycus was son of Hermes, god of thieves, and was a well-known crook.
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** Perdita comes from the Latin word for "lost"; the meaning of the name is intentional in-universe as well, well since she is only named after her father has ordered her banishment.
** In Greek mythology, Autolycus was the son of Hermes, the god of thieves, andwas a well-known crook.
** In Greek mythology, Autolycus was the son of Hermes, the god of thieves, and
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** Perdita's reunion with her father as well as the resolving of many of the plots takes place entirely off screen, and instead we have a conversation between a few gentlemen, one of which notes [[LampshadeHanging how amazing it was and how it would have been a shame to miss it]].
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** Perdita's reunion with her father as well as the resolving of many of the plots takes place entirely off screen, off-screen, and instead we have a conversation between a few gentlemen, one of which notes [[LampshadeHanging how amazing it was and how it would have been a shame to miss it]].
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* UndyingLoyalty: Paulina to Hermione. In her eyes no woman in the ''world'' was her equal and ''no'' amount of repentance from Leontes would be enough to make up for what he did to her.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Paulina to Hermione. In her eyes eyes, no woman in the ''world'' was her equal equal, and ''no'' amount of repentance from Leontes would be enough to make up for what he did to her.
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!!As the play is OlderThanSteam and most twists in Shakespeare's plots are now [[ItWasHisSled widely known]], all spoilers on this page are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked]].
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** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious are baseless and all the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately a messenger arrives to announce the beginning of the dire consequence.
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** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious are baseless and all the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately a messenger arrives to announce the beginning of the dire consequence.
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** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious are baseless and all Old Shepherd decides to adopt the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by baby abandoned on the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that seashore-- "I'll take it up for pity," he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately says. Only then does his son find a messenger arrives to announce the beginning casket full of the dire consequence.gold, rewarding them for their kindness.
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* OneMarioLimit: Readers new to the story for the past two decades come with a strong association of the name "Hermione" to [[Literature/HarryPotter an altogether more modern piece of British literature]]. In reality she was probably named after a character from Myth/ClassicalMythology, the daughter of Helen of Troy. Many Shakespeare professors have noted that they have at least been relieved of the need to explain the pronunciation of the name to their students.
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* LaserGuidedKarma:
** The expedition dispatched to abandon baby Perdita in the wilderness all meet violent death as they depart; the ship is wrecked in a storm as it pulls away from shore, and Antigonus, the leader of the expedition, doesn't even make it back to the ship before being eaten by the famous bear.
** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious are baseless and all the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately a messenger arrives to announce the beginning of the dire consequence.
** The expedition dispatched to abandon baby Perdita in the wilderness all meet violent death as they depart; the ship is wrecked in a storm as it pulls away from shore, and Antigonus, the leader of the expedition, doesn't even make it back to the ship before being eaten by the famous bear.
** The oracle of Apollo delivers an uncharacteristically clear message, stating explicitly and in detail that Leontes' suspicious are baseless and all the people he's accused are innocent, and warning of dire consequences if he persists. Despite having promised to abide by the oracle's pronouncement, Leontes declares that he doesn't believe it and orders the KangarooCourt to proceed -- and immediately a messenger arrives to announce the beginning of the dire consequence.
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* NoNameGiven: Perdita's foster father and foster brother are not named, even in the script, where the father is denoted as "Shepherd", and the son is denoted as "Clown" (referring to the performer's role in the show, as the PluckyComicRelief, rather than the character's identity in the story).
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* PluckyComicRelief: The shepherd's son, Perdita's foster brother, whose role consists almost entirely of comic relief bits (usually involving him getting gulled by the LovableRogue Autolycus), and occasionally to give his father somebody to exposit at. He gets one important bit of exposition of his own, describing how LaserGuidedKarma befell the people who abandoned Perdita, but even that becomes a comic relief bit because he makes such a muddle of it.
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** After the bear chases Antigonus off-stage, we get a conversation between too shepherds with one telling the other in lavish detail how he just saw a man being torn apart by a bear.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Paulina tries to invoke this. It's hard on the baby.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Paulina tries to invoke this. It's hard on this, taking the baby.newborn baby princess to Leontes in the hope his heart will soften. He refuses to see the baby, and orders her killed.
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* BearsAreBadNews
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* BearsAreBadNewsBearsAreBadNews: Antigonus is torn apart by a wild bear after abandoning baby Perdita.
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* DeusExMachina: The Oracle's uncharacteristically straightforward prophecy is all it takes for Leontes to realize his error. Hermione being alive.
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* DeusExMachina: DeusExMachina:
** The Oracle's uncharacteristically straightforward prophecy is all it takes for Leontes to realize hiserror. error.
** Hermione being alive.
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** Hermione being alive.
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* KangarooCourt: Hermione's trial.
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* LovableRogue: Autolycus
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* LovableRogue: AutolycusAutolycus, the "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles", who pickpockets and cons his way through life.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Leontes suspects the paternity of both his son and his daughter
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Leontes suspects the paternity of both his son and his daughterdaughter.
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* MeaningfulName: Perdita comes from the Latin word for "lost." In Greek mythology, Autolycus was son of Hermes, god of thieves, and was a well-known crook.
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** Perdita comes from the Latin word for"lost." "lost"; the meaning of the name is intentional in-universe as well, since she is only named after her father has ordered her banishment.
** In Greek mythology, Autolycus was son of Hermes, god of thieves, and was a well-known crook.
** Perdita comes from the Latin word for
** In Greek mythology, Autolycus was son of Hermes, god of thieves, and was a well-known crook.
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* MosesInTheBulrushes: Perdita
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* MosesInTheBulrushes: PerditaPerdita is left to die in the wilderness, but found and raised by a family of shepherds.
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* PairTheSpares: Paulina & Camillo.
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* PairTheSpares: At the end, Leontes rewards the widowed Paulina & by marrying her off to his servant Camillo.
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* SecondHandStorytelling: Perdita's reunion with her father as well as the resolving of many of the plots takes place entirely off screen, and instead we have a conversation between a few gentlemen, one of which notes [[LampshadeHanging how amazing it was and how it would have been a shame to miss it]].
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* SecondHandStorytelling: SecondHandStorytelling:
** After the bear chases Antigonus off-stage, we get a conversation between too shepherds with one telling the other in lavish detail how he just saw a man being torn apart by a bear.
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** After the bear chases Antigonus off-stage, we get a conversation between too shepherds with one telling the other in lavish detail how he just saw a man being torn apart by a bear.
** Perdita's reunion with her father as well as the resolving of many of the plots takes place entirely off screen, and instead we have a conversation between a few gentlemen, one of which notes [[LampshadeHanging how amazing it was and how it would have been a shame to miss it]].
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Don't confuse it with]] the 1983 novel ''Literature/WintersTale'' and its [[FilmOfTheBook 2014 film adaptation]], or with the 1992 French film ''Film/ATaleOfWinter''.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Don't confuse it with]] the 1983 novel ''Literature/WintersTale'' and its [[FilmOfTheBook 2014 film adaptation]], or with the 1992 French film ''Film/ATaleOfWinter''.''Film/ATaleOfWinter'' (which has a big ShoutOut to this play).
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* OneMarioLimit: Readers new to the story for the past decade come with a strong association of the name "Hermione" to [[Literature/HarryPotter an altogether more modern piece of British literature]]. In reality she was probably named after a character from Myth/ClassicalMythology, the daughter of Helen of Troy. Many Shakespeare professors have noted that they have at least been relieved of the need to explain the pronunciation of the name to their students.
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* OneMarioLimit: Readers new to the story for the past decade two decades come with a strong association of the name "Hermione" to [[Literature/HarryPotter an altogether more modern piece of British literature]]. In reality she was probably named after a character from Myth/ClassicalMythology, the daughter of Helen of Troy. Many Shakespeare professors have noted that they have at least been relieved of the need to explain the pronunciation of the name to their students.
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The Czech Republic is much farther north than Italy.
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* {{Arcadia}}: Bohemia, where it is always spring, unlike wintry Sicilia.
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* {{Arcadia}}: Bohemia, where it is always spring, unlike wintry Sicilia. Despite it being the other way around in RealLife.
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* DeusExMachina: Hermione being alive.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Don't confuse it with]] the 1983 novel ''Literature/WintersTale'' and its [[FilmOfTheBook 2014 film adaptation]], or with the 1992 French film ''Film/ATaleOfWinter''.
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* YouFailGeographyForever: Ben Jonson's reaction to the "seacoast of Bohemia," was more or less this (Bohemia is more or less where the Czech Republic is right now). Debate rages about whether Shakespeare was trying to get someone's goat with that or not. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale#The_seacoast_of_Bohemia The Other Wiki]] offers various explanations for this geographical error, one being that in the past the lands of Bohemia did border the Adriatic coast. Alternately, it's a way of saying "This story is set nowhere real".
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* YouFailGeographyForever: ArtisticLicenseGeography: Ben Jonson's reaction to the "seacoast of Bohemia," was more or less this (Bohemia is more or less where the Czech Republic is right now). Debate rages about whether Shakespeare was trying to get someone's goat with that or not. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale#The_seacoast_of_Bohemia The Other Wiki]] offers various explanations for this geographical error, one being that in the past the lands of Bohemia did border the Adriatic coast. Alternately, it's a way of saying "This story is set nowhere real".
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It is believed to be one of Shakespeare's last plays; although there is no firm evidence as to when it was first staged, the earliest references to performances of ''The Winter's Tale'' date to 1611. The play is famous for a number of things: the vast difference in tone between the first part, which plays out like a tragedy, and the second part, which is more of a pastoral comedy; the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane scene at the end, where Hermione's statue comes to life; the name Hermione, which became famous in [[Literature/HarryPotter a certain book series]]; and of course, the proof that even Shakespeare knew BearsAreBadNews.
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It is believed to be one of Shakespeare's last plays; although there is no firm evidence as to when it was first staged, the earliest references to performances of ''The Winter's Tale'' date to 1611. The play is famous for a number of things: the vast difference in tone between the first part, which plays out like a tragedy, and the second part, which is more of a pastoral comedy; the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane scene at the end, where Hermione's statue comes to life; the name Hermione, which became famous in [[Literature/HarryPotter a certain book series]]; and of course, the iconic stage direction ExitPursuedByABear, proof that even Shakespeare knew BearsAreBadNews.
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* ExitPursuedByABear: Antigonus is pursued and torn apart by a bear after abandoning Perdita in the wilderness.
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* ExitPursuedByABear: The TropeNamer, but actually not played straight: Antigonus is pursued and torn apart by a bear after abandoning Perdita in the wilderness.wilderness, but he's very sympathetic.
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The play is famous for a number of things: the vast difference in tone between the first part, which plays out like a tragedy, and the second part, which is more of a pastoral comedy; the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane scene at the end, where Hermione's statue comes to life; the name Hermione, which became famous in [[Literature/HarryPotter a certain book series]]; and of course, the proof that even Shakespeare knew BearsAreBadNews.
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It is believed to be one of Shakespeare's last plays; although there is no firm evidence as to when it was first staged, the earliest references to performances of ''The Winter's Tale'' date to 1611. The play is famous for a number of things: the vast difference in tone between the first part, which plays out like a tragedy, and the second part, which is more of a pastoral comedy; the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane scene at the end, where Hermione's statue comes to life; the name Hermione, which became famous in [[Literature/HarryPotter a certain book series]]; and of course, the proof that even Shakespeare knew BearsAreBadNews.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Getting a bear for that one infamous exit wouldn't be too difficult for a Tudor/Stuart-era theatre company as bear-baiting was popular at the time.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Getting a bear for that one infamous exit wouldn't be too difficult for a Tudor/Stuart-era theatre company as bear-baiting was popular at the time. Unfortunately, we have no evidence one way or another whether an actual bear was used, or whether it was just a costumed actor.
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* MosesInTheBulrushes: Perdita
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* MosesInTheBulrushes: Perdita
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* YouFailGeographyForever: Ben Jonson's reaction to the "seacoast of Bohemia," was more or less this (Bohemia is more or less where the Czech Republic is right now). Debate rages about whether Shakespeare was trying to get someone's goat with that, or if he [[TheyJustDidntCare Just Didn't Care]]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale#The_seacoast_of_Bohemia The Other Wiki]] offers various explanations for this geographical error, one being that in the past the lands of Bohemia did border the Adriatic coast. Alternately, it's a way of saying "This story is set nowhere real".
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* YouFailGeographyForever: Ben Jonson's reaction to the "seacoast of Bohemia," was more or less this (Bohemia is more or less where the Czech Republic is right now). Debate rages about whether Shakespeare was trying to get someone's goat with that, that or if he [[TheyJustDidntCare Just Didn't Care]].not. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale#The_seacoast_of_Bohemia The Other Wiki]] offers various explanations for this geographical error, one being that in the past the lands of Bohemia did border the Adriatic coast. Alternately, it's a way of saying "This story is set nowhere real".