Women Ultimately Have Power in the RSC’s Mythical Interpretation of The Winter’s Tale

Women ultimately have power in the RSC’s mythical interpretation of The Winter’s Tale

This is a radical, obliquely myth-infused interpretation of Shakespeare’s late comedy.

Plenty to entertain the eyes and ears in RSC’s new Winter’s Tale

AN OMINOUS , but always beautiful moon hangs over the action in this spirited and monumentally staged reading of The Winter’s Tale, its very presence seeming to affect the tides of man as well as helping to mark the passing of time. Beneath it the action of Shakespeare’s puzzling but persuasive tale plays out in a fairly narrow colour palette dimmed by moonlight and a persistent fog. There is a strong visual foundation to director Yael Farber’s …