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Loading... The play contains the most famous of Shakespearean stage directions: Exit, pursued by a bear, presaging the offstage death of Antigonus. It is not known whether Shakespeare used a real bear from the London bear-pits [ 25 ] or an actor in bear costume.
Listen to the actor's 60-second talk on Shakespeare's famous stage direction in The Winter's Tale. Learn about the possible bear options and the history of the line.
Nov 1, 2018 · Learn how to interpret and stage the famous bear interlude in The Winter's Tale, a play that shifts between tragedy and comedy. Explore the historical and literary context of bears in early modern England and compare different production styles and choices.
Jan 29, 2016 · Learn about the history and interpretations of Shakespeare's famous stage direction in The Winter's Tale. Discover how bears were used and imagined in Elizabethan and Jacobean London and beyond.
Antigonus abandons the baby Perdita on the Bohemian coast and is killed by a bear. The Shepherd and his son find the baby and the treasure, and the play shifts to a comic tone with Autolycus and the Clown.
A famous scene from Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale, where Antigonus is chased by a bear after leaving his newborn daughter in the wilderness. Read the full text, context and analysis of this tragicomic episode and its implications for the plot.
Learn about the black comedy of a bear attack in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, and how it contrasts with the tragic and pastoral elements of the play. Explore the historical context of bear-baiting and adolescent behavior in early modern England.
