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''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies,〔''WT'' comes last, following ''Twelfth Night'' which uncharacteristically ends with a blank recto page, suggesting to Arden editor J.H.P. Pafford there was some hesitation as to where ''WT'' belonged at the time of printing the Folio. (J.H.P. Pafford, ed. ''The Winter's Tale'' (Arden Shakespeare) 3rd ed. 1933:xv–xvii.)〕 some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending.〔William W. Lawrence, ''Shakespeare's Problem Comedies'', New York, Macmillan, 1931; pp. 9–13.〕 The play has been intermittently popular, revived in productions in various forms and adaptations by some of the leading theatre practitioners in Shakespearean performance history, beginning after a long interval with David Garrick in his adaptation ''Florizel and Perdita'' (first performed in 1754 and published in 1756). ''The Winter's Tale'' was revived again in the 19th century, when the fourth "pastoral" act was widely popular. In the second half of the 20th century ''The Winter's Tale'' in its entirety, and drawn largely from the First Folio text, was often performed, with varying degrees of success. == Characters == ''Sicilia'' *Leontes – The King of Sicily, and the childhood friend of the Bohemian King Polixenes. *Hermione – The virtuous and beautiful Queen of Sicily. *Camillo – An honest Sicilian nobleman. *Paulina – A noblewoman of Sicily. *Antigonus – Paulina's husband, and also a loyal friend of Hermione. *Dion – A lord of Sicily. *Cleomenes – A Sicilian lord. *Mamillius – The young prince of Sicily, Leontes and Hermione's son. *Emilia – One of Hermione's ladies-in-waiting. *Jailer – Charged with imprisoning Hermione. *Mariner – His ship takes Antigonus to Bohemia. ''Bohemia'' *Polixenes – The King of Bohemia, and Leontes's boyhood friend. *Florizel – Polixenes's only son and heir. *Perdita – The daughter of Leontes and Hermione, unaware of her royal lineage. *Shepherd – An old and honorable sheep-tender. *Clown – or Young Shepherd, the Old Shepherd's buffoonish son, and Perdita's adopted brother. *Autolycus – A roguish peddler, vagabond, and pickpocket. *Mopsa – A shepherdess, in love with Young Shepherd. *Dorcas – A shepherdess, in love with Young Shepherd. ''Other Characters'' *Archidamus – A lord of Bohemia, visiting Sicilia with his king. * Lords, servants, gentlemen, ladies in Sicilia * Shepherds, shepherdesses, servants in Bohemia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Winter's Tale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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