The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale

Written by William Shakespeare
Performed in English
2016–2017

One of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, The Winter’s Tale, though written at the same period as The Tempest, smashes all the rules that The Tempest follows. Unity of time, place and action are hurled aside as we range across Europe, from court to country, from high tragedy to low comedy, across a time span of sixteen years.

The Winter’s Tale tells of a delusional and paranoid king who tears his family apart. But this is the new Shakespeare, after he completed his great tragedies, and the tough struggle for redemption yields flickers of hope. Initial darkness gives way to joy as Time leads the characters to a shattering conclusion…

Produced by Cheek by Jowl in a co-production with the Barbican, London; Les Gémeaux/Sceaux / Scène Nationale; Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg; Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa; Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Centro Dramático Nacional, Madrid (INAEM).

“Deft, disturbing, and entirely absorbing”
The Times

Cast and creative team

Cast

Name	Character
Emilia / Time	Grace Andrews
Cleomenes	Joseph Black
Camillo	Abubakar Salim / David Carr
Mamillius	Tom Cawte
Autolycus	Ryan Donaldson
Dion & Live Music Supervisor	Guy Hughes
Leontes	Orlando James
Young Shepherd	Sam McArdle
Perdita	Eleanor McLoughlin
Old Shepherd / Antigonus	Peter Moreton
Hermione / Dorcas	Natalie Radmall-Quirke
Paulina / Mopsa	Joy Richardson
Polixenes	Edward Sayer
Florizel	Chris Gordon / Sam Woolf

Creative Team

Role	Name
Director	Declan Donnellan
Designer	Nick Ormerod
Lighting Designer	Judith Greenwood
Composer	Paddy Cunneen
Movement Director	Jane Gibson
Assistant Movement Director	Elizabeth Ballinger
Assistant Director	Marcus Roche
Casting Director	Siobhan Bracke
Costume Supervisor	Angie Burns
Company Manager	Tim Speechley
Technical Director	Simon Bourne
Technical Stage Manager	Robin Turley Smith
Deputy Stage Manager	Harriet Stewart
Assistant Stage Manager	Lou Ballard
Sound	Fred Riding
Lighting	David Salter
Wardrobe Manager	Rebecca Rees

Previous performances

Previous Performances

Date	Location
9–10 June 2017	Voronezh, International Platonov Festival, Russia
4–6 June 2017	Moscow, Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Russia
20 May 2017	Palma, Teatre Principal de Palma, Mallorca
5–7 May 2017	Athens, The Athens Concert Hall, Megaron, Greece
25–29 April 2017	Bristol, Bristol Old Vic, UK
5–22 April 2017	London, Barbican, UK
29–30 March 2017	Quimper, Théàtre de Cornouaille, France
23 March 2017	Mold, Theatr Clwyd, UK
21–25 March 2017	Mold, Theatr Clwyd, UK
14–18 March 2017	Colchester, Mercury Theatre, UK
7–11 March 2017	Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre, UK
28 February–4 March 2017	Oxford, Oxford Playhouse, UK
22–25 February 2017	Bath, Theatre Royal, Bath, UK
18 February 2017	Avilés, Centro Niemeyer, Spain
16 February 2017	Bilbao, Teatro Arriaga Antzokia, Spain
12 February 2017	Barcelona, Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat, Spain
9 February 2017	Murcia, Teatro Romeo, Spain
31 January–4 February 2017	Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Theatre, UK
24–28 January 2017	Glasgow, Citizens Theatre, UK
18–19 January 2017	Nice, Théàtre National de Nice, France
14–21 December 2016	Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, USA
6–11 December 2016	New York City, BAM, USA
1–4 March 2016	Lëtzebuerg, Grand Théâtre de la Ville du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
17–21 February 2016	Milan, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy
10–14 February 2016	Madrid, Teatro María Guerrero (Centro Dramático Nacional), Spain
3–7 February 2016	Lille, Theatre du Nord, France
14–31 January 2016	Sceaux, Les Gémeaux, Paris, France