Production Language English
Country of Origin England, United Kingdom
Description England's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company returns to BAM for the first time since 1977 with a visually exciting staging of Shakespeare's humorous and moving romance. It tells the story of King Leontes, whose jealous rage compels him to imprison his wife and banish his newborn daughter -- disastrous actions, which still find a surprising and joyful resolution. Artistic director Adrian Noble's imaginative modern-dress staging elicited critical raves: "Nobel's achievement is extraordinary" (The Guardian); "Adrian Noble has done the right, bold thing with Shakespeare's penultimate romance. He...liberates the play from realism's confines and the traps of convention." (Evening Standard).
Identifier 1994s.00557
