Award winning Sir Kenneth Branagh has set up a new theatre company to stage a season of plays at London’s Garrick Theatre this autumn. Other plays in the season include
Harlequinade,
The Painkiller,
Romeo and Juliet and
The Entertainer. In The Winter's Tale Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh will star as Paulina and Leontes respectively.
The Winter’s Tale tells the story of Polixenes, King of Bohemia, who has been away at the court of his childhood friend Leontes, King of Sicilia, and his wife, Queen Hermione. Leontes believes that his heavily pregnant wife has been having an affair with his friend. Informed of a plot to poison him, Polixenes he returns to Bohemia. After his wife has died in prison, Leontes has Hermione's newly born daughter left on a desert shore on the coast of Bohemia. An old shepherd and his clownish son find the baby, bring her up as a member of their family and name her Perdita. Sixteen years later and she is being courted by a shepherd who is not what he says he is. Then the full truth is revealed.
With such a high calibre of acting talent on show at The Garrick Theatre, you can be sure of a dramatic and enthralling night of theatre. Kenneth Branagh theatre breaks are all guaranteed to provide a great evening of entertainment but The Winter's Tale in particular is likely to produce stunning performances from the cast. With its unique combination of psychological intrigue and comedy, The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most fascinating plays.
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Reviews for The Winter's tale theatre breaks are not yet available
Various - please see the calendar above
Running time - TBC
Booking until - 16/01/2016
Tickets may not be refunded if there are cast changes, though date switches are often offered.