The Winter's Tale

Unique Features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare
-An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet
-Special introduction to the play by the editor, Frank Kermode, Fellow of the British Academy

-Source from which Shakespeare derived The Winter's Tale--a generous selection from Robert Greene's Pandosto

-Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Simon Forman, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, E.M.W. Tillyard, G. Wilson Knight, Carol Thomas Neely, and Coppelia Kahn

-A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable productions of The Winter's Tale, then and now

-Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type

-Up-to-date list of recommended readings