The Winter's Tale Research Paper

The Winter’s Tale Research Paper The production piece “The Winter’s Tale” is a 17th century play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered a problem play because there is both tragedy and comedy involved in the play, instead of a separate genre. The two main locations where the majority of the play takes place is in Sicily and Bohemia, each ruled by two kings who were best friends since childhood. The two kings, Leontes and Polixenes, face a major issue involving Leontes’ wife, Hermione, who is suspected of cheating on Leontes with Polixenes. Overwhelmed by jealousy, Leontes immediately sends the queen to jail and plans to poison Polixenes. In the end, the two former friends reunite and everything was the same as it was before the incident. The importance of the play is to convey to viewers a possible life-lesson. A life lesson that shows …show more content…
Each act and scene is remarkably different in terms of staging, props, lighting, costume, music. For the most part, all the elements in the play are consistently changing, so that I can adjust to the storyline. For example, the lighting in act one was bright at first, but it started to fade and become darker so it could follow the storyline and give off the mood of suspense. In addition, the costumes are always changing to fit the story as well. For one, Leontes was dressed as a king that showed power and fortune during the first few acts; however, he is later seen in clothes that a lower class male would wear because it showed that he lost everything because of the jealousy that overwhelmed him. Lastly, the props definitely helped shape the environment to fit the story. In act three, Antigonus is killed by a bear in the woods, and the stage designers changed the props to fit his death. By that, I mean that they did not use the king’s castle as a background and environment for his death because it would not make sense to have someone killed by a bear in a