Am continuing to work my way through the cache of Shakespeare-related DVDs acquired earlier this year. Today was the turn of The Winter's Tale, the RSC's 1998 version recorded at the Barbican and it didn't disappoint. Antony Sher is a scintillating Leontes, the best I've ever seen, but he's matched by the ladies in his life: Emily Bruni lovely as Perdita (and Mamillius!), Estelle Kohler a wonderfully fierce Paulina, and Alexandra Gilbreath a heart-breaking Hermione.
It was all very theatrical in the best sense of the word, as The Winter's Tale has to be, and if I'd seen it in the theatre I would have been embarrassed by my tears.
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