“A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins.”
William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale
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Quotes from workThe Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. 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 comedic and supply a happy ending.The play has been intermittently popular, revived in productions in various forms and adaptations by some of the leading theatre practitioners in Shakespearean performance history, beginning after a long interval with David Garrick in his adaptation Florizel and Perdita . The Winter's Tale was revived again in the 19th century, when the fourth "pastoral" act was widely popular. In the second half of the 20th century, The Winter's Tale in its entirety, and drawn largely from the First Folio text, was often performed, with varying degrees of success.
“It is an heretic that makes the fire,
Not she which burns in't.”
William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale
Source: The Winter's Tale
“Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.”
William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale
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“I do feel it gone,
But know not how it went”
William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale
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