The Winter's Tale: (Annotated by Henry N. Hudson with an Introduction by Charles Harold Herford) Paperback – 9 April 2018

This helped me so much when writing my essay for Uni. It gives helpful background information and clear explanations.

Find Shakespeare quite a challenge but after reading it several times I really was engrossed and enjoyed it.Needed to read it because I was going to a production of The Winters Tale at the Lyceum in Edinburgh. Brilliant production and now I am awakened to Shakespeare after 50 years Read Romeo and Juliet for O level and Othello for A level

I read this play along with listening to an unabridged recording of the play by the Marlow Dramatic Society. It was a great way to experience the play and take in the material.The edition also included plenty of background on the play including how it was a departure from Shakespeare’s other works- combining tragedy and comedy (tragicomedy), including its famous stage direction: ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’I certainly found it an interesting way to explore the play and might well do it for other of his works.

It is a clearly laid-out, well-punctuated edition with an extensive introduction and three useful appendices, including the full text of the original story on which the play is based and some admirably precise musical material related to the songs within the play. Explanation of obscure locutions in the text is generally concise, although not always comprehensive. The frame of reference is wide and pertinent.My only disappointment with this edition, but it is a significant one given that the text of the play itself is easily obtainable at no expense, lies in the tone, rather than the content of the editor's introduction and notes. It seems to me that he is more concerned with proving previous commentators wrong than he is with enlarging on useful work that has gone before. The slight whiff of justification mars an otherwise excellent piece of work. Sometimes you have to accept that Shakespeare was an ambiguous writer and seeking to define a single meaning at the expense of other readings can reduce the scope of interpretation unnecessarily.

like all Arden copies of Shakespeare's plays I have bought I cannot fault its content and all the information collated for the reader.I have not found any other editions of the plays which are so consistently useful.

Brilliant to have Shakespeare so available and easy to read in a font that suits me very much enjoyed re-acquainting myself with this work.

One of my favourite Shakespeare stories with a amazing storyline of love, jealous, lost, betrayal, forgiveness and reconciliation - a wonderful tale

A lover of Shakespeare will surely enjoy this read, has all you'd expect from Shakespeare, disguises, hate, love and death. An epic tale spanning a long length of time. If you're new to Shakespeare, maybe this is a little bit too much for a first go, but if storytelling to concentrate and preserve then give It a go! A luscious and indulgent read.

“The Winter’s Tale” by William Shakespeare is a fascinating, tragic, psychological but little known play that Shakespeare wrote about five years before his death. It is about a pagan king with a loving lovely pregnant wife, and a son. He develops an unfounded jealousy and is convinced despite no one agreeing with him that his wife, the queen, was unfaithful to him with his friend and the child in her body is not his. Despite being assured by the Oracle that his wife committed no adultery and the child is his, he has her killed and banishes his just born daughter. His son dies out of anguish. He soon realizes that he was wrong. But it is too late. Now he suffers for what he did.Sixteen years pass. His daughter is raised in another kingdom. By chance, she comes to his land, he meets her, realizes she is his daughter, and embraces her. He is shown a statute of his late wife. The statute comes alive and his wife forgives him saying she still loves him. He is is now after sixteen years given a second chance, forgiven for what he thought was unforgivable – although his son is lost.The play is well-worth watching. Its moral is that problems, even the worst ones, can be resolved in a large measure, at least somewhat.

Tutto fantastico 🤩!Spedizione puntualissima come sempre e imballato e arrivato in perfette condizioni!Consiglio veramente il volume più importante di The Winter's Tale di Shakespeare, oltre ovviamente la versione di melchiori. C'è tutto ciò che riguarda l'opera, comprese le musiche di scena.

It was practically as new. Did not seem second-handed

This has to be the best series of Shakespeare's plays. Erudite, well laid out and comprehensive - this is far better than what my uni wanted me to buy. I will continue to buy this series going forward.

Da meine Tochter zur Zeit das Abitur macht und dort Shakespeare im Original gelesen wird, hat sie sich schon einige Bücher auf ihr Kindle geladen.