Written in the twilight of Shakespeare’s life, The Winter’s Tale is regarded as a problem play with good reason. A complex study of the nature of dualism, power, transgression and forgiveness, it ...

The Winter’s Tale runs until 30 August at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Bertie Carvel and Raphael Sowole in The Winter’s Tale, © Marc Brenner. The Winter’s Tale is one of that strange group of Shakespeare plays that defies categorisation, and as ...