Free Kindle Winter's Tale Cd (Caedmon Shakespeare) ebooks Download
The Winter's Tale was one of the very last plays Shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin, forgiveness, death, rebirth, and the power of Time and Nature to heal all wounds. Based on a novella by Shakespeare's enemy and arch rival Robert Greene, The Winter's Tale introduces Perdita, perhaps the Bard's most richly symbolic character. At times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and instructive, The Winters Tale is a complex and rewarding work by the greatest dramatist of all time.A Shakespeare Society Production. The complete play in four acts.
Series: Caedmon Shakespeare (Book 3)
Audio CD
Publisher: Caedmon (October 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0694517437
ISBN-13: 978-0694517435
Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 1 x 5.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #2,881,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #86 in Books > Books on CD > Authors, A-Z > ( S ) > Shakespeare, William #328 in Books > Books on CD > Poetry & Drama #375 in Books > Books on CD > Literature & Fiction > Poetry
The Winter's Tale contains some of the most technically difficult solutions to telling a story that have ever appeared in a play. If you think you know all about how a play must be constructed, read The Winter's Tale. It will greatly expand your mind.The play opens near the end of a long visit by Polixenes, the king of Bohemia, to the court of his childhood friend, Leontes, the king of Sicily. Leontes wants his friend to stay one more day. His friend declines. Leontes prevails upon his wife, Hermione, to persuade Polixenes. Hermione does her husband's bidding, having been silent before then. Rather than be pleased that she has succeeded, Leontes goes into a jealous rage in which he doubts her faithfulness. As his jealousy grows, he takes actions to defend his misconceptions of his "abused" honor that in fact abuse all those who have loved him. Unable to control himself, Leontes continues to pursue his folly even when evidence grows that he is wrong. To his great regret, these impulsive acts cost him dearly.Three particular aspects of the play deserve special mention. The first is the way that Shakespeare ties together actions set 16 years apart in time. Although that sounds like crossing the Grand Canyon in a motorcycle jump, Shakespeare pulls off the jump rather well so that it is not so big a leap. The second is that Shakespeare captures entirely different moods from hilarious good humor to deep depression and remorse closely adjacent to one another. As a result, the audience is able to experience many more emotions than normally are evoked in a single play. Third, the play's final scene is as remarkable a bit of writing as you can imagine. Read it, and marvel!After you finish reading this play, think about where your own loss of temper has had bad consequences.
Winter's Tale Cd (Caedmon Shakespeare) The Shakespeare Stealer Series: The Shakespeare Stealer / Shakespeare's Scribe / Shakespeare's Spy JULIUS CAESAR CD (Caedmon Shakespeare) The Winter's Tale: Arkangel Shakespeare The Winter's Tale (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare) Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Romances: The Winter's Tale; Pericles; the Tempest BEATRIX POTTER Ultimate Collection - 22 Children's Books With Complete Original Illustrations: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, ... Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten and more Winter Stroll (Winter Street) Winter Tree Finder: A Manual for Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter (Eastern US) (Nature Study Guides) Winter Gardening for Beginners, 2nd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Planning, Planting & Growing Your Winter Flowers and Vegetables Winter Storms (Winter Street) Winter Wishes and Kisses: A Collection of Winter Love Stories: White as Snow, A Chorus of One, Christmas at the Crossroads (Seasons of the Heart Book 2) Caedmon's Song Essential Dickens CD: Christmas Carol, A (Caedmon Essentials) Essential Twain CD: Excerpts from Life on the Mississippi:The Boy's Ambition & Speculations and Confusion (Caedmon Essentials) Caedmon Poetry Collection:A Century of Poets Reading Their Work Low-Price CD Essential Eliot CD (Caedmon Essentials) Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection Magic Tree House Collection: Books 41-44: #41 Moonlight on the Magic Flute; #42 A Good Night for Ghosts; #43 Leprechaun in Late Winter; #44 A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare (Shakespeare Can Be Fun series)
