The Winter’s Tale – RSC Online
According to the Washington Post President Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his four years in office. At the time of writing this review the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of acting dishonestly in a number of different scandals.
Shakespeare knew that those in charge are not always honest and truthful. In this play he examines the consequences when an all-powerful man fails to act with honour. The shadow of Henry VIII and his treatment of Elizabeth I’s mother Anne Boleyn hangs over the drama.
The play is all about honesty, integrity, honour and trust. It is at base a moral fable where purity is rewarded and sin is punished.
King Leontes, a jealous tyrant believes his pregnant wife Hermione is having an affair with his boyhood friend, the king...