The Winter's Tale has always been a play with an identity crisis.
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The Winter's Tale, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
The Winter's Tale has always been a play with an identity crisis. In part demonstrating the consequences of Leontes's own mid-life funk when unfounded jealousy gets the better of him, its third-act lurch into altogether sunnier climes is an awkward looking fancy which frankly outstays its welcome by a country mile before the reconciliation with Hermione takes place.
