Written in the twilight of Shakespeare’s life, The Winter’s Tale is regarded as a problem play with good reason. A complex study of the nature of dualism, power, transgression and forgiveness, it ...

After a multi-year renovation to the Folger Library campus, the Folger Theatre welcomes audiences back to its jewel box theatre with The Winter’s Tale – a story of friendship, betrayal, loss and ...

This poetic phrase encapsulates the central theme of the Folger Theatre’s performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” — the inextricability of love and suffering. A trio of romance, ...

Following two seasons producing off-site, during the still-ongoing renovation of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Folger Theatre at last returns to its intimate, historic space, and in an ...

Director Bryn Boice moves purposefully around the room as she guides her actors as they rehearse an emotional scene in “The Winter’s Tale,” this year’s free production from Commonwealth Shakespeare ...

Learning to forgive might be one secret to living a great life. That’s not to say that every person you forgive should continue to have access to you if the wrong is egregious. But forgiveness of ...