The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.

Genres

Cast

Jeremy Kemp

Leontes

Robert Stephens

Polixenes

Anna Calder-Marshall

Hermione

Margaret Tyzack

Paulina

David Burke

Camillo

John Welsh

Archidamus

Cyril Luckham

Antigonus

Rikki Fulton

Autolycus

John Benfield

Gaoler

Merelina Kendall

Emilia

John Bailey

Lord to Leontes

John Curless

Cleomenes