The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

Contents

ACT I

• SCENE I. Antechamber in LEONTES' palace.
• SCENE II. A room of state in the same.

ACT II

• SCENE I. A room in LEONTES' palace.
• SCENE II. A prison.
• SCENE III. A room in LEONTES' palace.

ACT III

• SCENE I. A sea-port in Sicilia.
• SCENE II. A court of Justice.
• SCENE III. Bohemia. A desert country near the sea.

ACT IV

• SCENE I
• SCENE II. Bohemia. The palace of POLIXENES.
• SCENE III. A road near the Shepherd's cottage.
• SCENE IV. The Shepherd's cottage.

ACT V

• SCENE I. A room in LEONTES' palace.
• SCENE II. Before LEONTES' palace.
• SCENE III. A chapel in PAULINA'S house.

Main actors

• LEONTES, king of Sicilia.
• MAMILLIUS, young prince of Sicilia.
• POLIXENES, King of Bohemia.
• FLORIZEL, Prince of Bohemia.
• ARCHIDAMUS, a Lord of Bohemia.
• Old Shepherd, reputed father of Perdita.
• Clown, his son.
• AUTOLYCUS, a rogue.
• A Mariner.
• A Gaoler.
• HERMIONE, queen to Leontes.
• PERDITA, daughter to Leontes and Hermione.
• PAULINA, wife to Antigonus.
• EMILIA, a lady attending on Hermione
• Other Lords and Gentlemen, Ladies, Officers, and Servants, Shepherds, and Shepherdesses.
• Time, as Chorus.

Shepherdesses.

• MOPSA
• DORCAS

Four Lords of Sicilia.

• CAMILLO
• ANTIGONUS
• CLEOMENES
• DION

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