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... Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Winter’s Tale is pretty well summed up with such curious choices of imagery. ...
What It’s About
Winter’s Tale is about birth, death and rebirth, and deals with forgiveness much, as well. ... Sicilia at winter represents death, Bohemia in summer represents birth, and the movement of the Bohemian youth in summer to the kingdom of Sicilia represents the coming of rebirth. ... A big white Christmas tree dominates the set, multi-tasking by illustrating that it is winter, giving Polixenes a reason to stay, painting a picture of joy to contrast with later sorrow, symbolizing Leontes’ value for the artificial, cold and unnaturally pure, and being a spiffy prop to bring crashing onto the stage. ...
With Leontes thus cast, this Winter’s Tale quickly takes the off-ramp to camp.
Approximate Word count = 1085
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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