ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Winter’s Tale, play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1609–11 and produced at the Globe Theatre in London. It was published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript, by Ralph Crane (scrivener of the King’s Men), of an authorial manuscript or possibly the playbook.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Winter’s Tale, play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1609–11 and produced at the Globe Theatre in London. It was published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript, by Ralph Crane (scrivener of the King’s Men), of an authorial manuscript or possibly the playbook.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, written around 1611, is considered to be one of the author’s last four plays, which are known as the late Romances (after the Italian “romanzo, ” a poetic form) because they defy standard genre definitions.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is generally agreed that The Winter’s Tale was written around 1609-11. The first recorded performance of the play was at The Globe on 15 May 1611, and later that year it was presented at Whitehall before King James I.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Winter’s Tale Summary. The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes’ friend.