Librivox recording of the winters tale by william shakespeare. In a fit of wild and unfounded jealousy, leontes, the king of sicily, convinces himself that his pregnant wife is carrying his best friends love child. This is a librivox recording of act one of the play, the winters tale, written by william shakespeare. The winters tale is a play by william shakespeare that was first performed in 1611. The winters tale by william shakespeare on free audio book. The tempest by william shakespeare full audio book. Polixenes is visiting the kingdom of sicilia, and is enjoying catching up with his old friend. Speak the speech is a nonprofit audio theatre company dedicated to providing freely available shakespearean audio performances online, for the benefit of educators, students, theatre people, the disabled, those in rural areas or overseas, or to put it simply.
William shakespeare 1564 1616 mad with jealousy, king leontes of sicilia orders his best friend polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adultery. Shakespeare, the winters tale it starts out as a problem play and ends up a problematic, pastoral mess. Craig franklin the winters tale one of shakespeare s final playstells the story of two neighboring kings, leontes of sicilia and polixenes of bohemia. Sinead cusack plays hermione, and ciaran hinda plays leontes. The winters tale audiobook william shakespeare audible. A winters tale by william shakespeare on free audio book.
Listen to winters tale audiobook by william shakespeare. The winters tale by william shakespeare audiobook old library audiobooks. Friends since childhood, their relationship is put under a grave test when a maddened and jealous leontes publicly accuses his beautiful wife, hermione, of infidelity. The winters tale william shakespeare digital audiobook. Read the winters tale here, with sidebyside no fear translations into modern english. The winters tale by william shakespeare 1564 1616 genres. The winters tale was one of the very last plays shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin. The winters tale by william shakespeare read by full. Brilliant production and now i am awakened to shakespeare after 50 years read romeo and juliet for o level and othello for a level. The winters tale audiobook, by william shakespeare. The winters tale is high fantasy, a tale to be told by the fire. The winters tale william shakespeare 1564 1616 mad with jealousy, king leontes of.
He does this, and is then killed by a bear before he can leave. Summary of the winters tale shakespeare birthplace trust. Sir john gielgud and dame peggy ashcroft lead a cast recording of shakespeares the winters tale. Listen to the winters tale audiobook by william shakespeare, narrated by sinead cusack, ciaran hinda, eileen atkins, paul jesson, sir john gielgud. William shakespeare 15641616 mad with jealousy, king leontes of sicilia orders his best friend polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adultery. However, after nine months, polixenes yearns to return to his own kingdom to tend to affairs.
Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Read a plot overview of the entire play or a scene by scene summary and analysis. First, i should disclose, and probably have before, that im not a fan of shakespeare s plays with songs. The winters taleone of shakespeares final playstells the story of two neighboring kings, leontes. One notices the lack of pithy sayings, the seeming disorder of the plot and the deus ex machina sort of ending. The winters tale by william shakespeare act 1 audiobook. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of shakespeare s late romances. Lambs tales from shakespeare unabridged audiobook, by charles lamb. The winters tale epic audio collection william shakespeare on. The winters tale by william shakespeare full audiobook. The winters tale by william shakespeare free at loyal books. The winters tale epic audio collection is an live audio recording of performers reading the book in its original text. The winters tale william shakespeare ebook bookbeat. Mad with jealousy, king leontes of sicilia orders his best friend polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adultery.
Antigonus has a dream wherein hermione directs him to leave the baby on a beach in bohemia. Eileen atkins is paulina and paul jesson is polixenes. The first part has the same kind of tragic development as othello. Written toward the end of william shakespeare s theatrical career, the winters tale 16091611 is a story of loss and redemption. Audiobook audiobook shakespeare tales of friendship and. Some critics consider it to be one of shakespeare s problem plays because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are.
This edition is part of the epic audio collection of talking books. She, however, has fallen for his servant cesario, who is actually viola, a woman disguised as a man, who loves orsino. King leontes of sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. Eileen atkins, paul jesson, sir john gielgud, arkangel. One of shakespeare s final plays, the winters tale is a romantic comedy with elements of tragedy.
I listened to the arkangel audio while reading the play in e book format from delphi complete works of william shakespeare. The two gentlemen of verona the comedy of errors the winters tale read in english. Shakespeare s most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity. Charles and mary lamb took what most agree is a romance and the story of a kings jealousy, anger, mistaken sense of betrayal by his wife and the consequences of his retaliation upon his friends and family, and successfully transformed it into a childrens version which ends happily when he learns. See a complete list of the characters in the winters tale. The winters tale, play in five acts by william shakespeare, written about 160911 and produced at the globe theatre in london. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
The winters tale one of shakespeares final playstells the story of two. Although it was listed as a comedy when it first appeared, some modern editors have relabeled the play a romance. This is the typical reaction of a first time reader. This audiobook is narrated by a group of librivox volunteers. The winters tale by william shakespeare free ebook. While king polixenes of bohemia visits his childhood friend king leontes of sicilia, camillo discusses the unshakeable friendship between the two with. Sixteen years later, perdita, raised as a shepherds daughter, falls in love with polixeness royal son. The winters tale is a play by william shakespeare, originally published in the first folio of 1623.
Friends since childhood, their relationship is put under a grave test when a maddened and jealous leontes publicly accuses. William shakespeare 1564 1616 the winters tale one of shakespeare s final playstells the story of two neighboring kings, leontes of sicilia and polixenes of bohemia. Leontes, king of sicilia, and polixenes, the king of bohemia. Its one of the bestloved works by william shakespeare. Shakespeare s romantic comedy, the winters tale is no lightweight affair. The winters tale is a play by william shakespeare originally published in the first folio of 1623. The winters tale is a play by william shakespeare, first published in the first folio in 1623. This collection of shakespeare tales focuses on themes of friendship and betrayal. One of the late romances in shakespeare s canon, this complex work is at times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and enlightening. Find shakespeare quite a challenge but after reading it several times i really was engrossed and enjoyed it. Needed to read it because i was going to a production of the winters tale at the lyceum in edinburgh. On the other hand the winters tale has also consistently been derided as written when shakespeare s imaginative powers were declining it is one of his last works.