event The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's more obscure later works, and there's even some doubt among scholars as to what the hell he's referring to in the title. So it probably stands to reason that it's a tweener tragicomedy, with its happy ending standing in stark contrast to the pain and death that precedes it. Shakespeare includes many of his usual tricks like disguises and mistaken identities, but The Winter's Tale is most well-known for where it departs from his tried-and-true methods: the 16-year gap between the third and fourth acts, a goofy scene at a sheep-shearing contest, and quite possibly his most famous stage direction of all time: "Exit, pursued by a bear."