The Winter's Tale

The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.

Cast

Jeremy Kemp

as Leontes

Robert Stephens

as Polixenes

Anna Calder-Marshall

as Hermione

Margaret Tyzack

as Paulina

David Burke

as Camillo

John Welsh

as Archidamus

Cyril Luckham

as Antigonus

Rikki Fulton

as Autolycus

John Benfield

as Gaoler

Jeremy Dimmick

as Mamillius

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