Review
‘A play where miracles do happen and redemption does eventually come, but at a terrible price’ Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 22.9.09 ‘Like all of Shakespeare’s later plays, this is a realistic fairy tale’ John Peter, Sunday Times, 20.9.09
One of Shakespeare’s later plays, best described as a tragic-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the first Leontes is thrown into a jealous rage by his suspicions of his wife Hermione and his best-friend, and imprisons her and orders that her new born daughter be left to perish. The second half is a pastoral comedy with the “lost” daughter Perdita having been rescued by shepherds and now in love with a young prince. The play ends with former lovers and friends reunited after the apparently miraculous resurrection of Hermione. John Pitcher’s lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. (more…)
English Renaissance News
Stumbled onto your website during a search for things Marsilio Ficino. Given your tags I’m sure you are aware that Interpretation has all its back issues pdf.d and available for for free: http://www.interpretationjournal.com/backissues.html . But by chance if not, I thought it rude of me not to leave you a link. Haven’t time at the moment to look over your writings, busy with work and other things, but I’ll try and return in the future in order to learn. By the way I lived in Kyoto for over a decade and will be returning in a few years to live there until my years run out. Best regards.
Hi Abe,
Thank you for posting the link. I was not aware of it so I’ll check it out.
DH