Blanche McIntyre finds coherence in this uneven play but at what cost?"A sad tale's best for winter," Leontes' young son Mamillius tells us. By that logic the current summer heatwave should be bringing us a Winter's Tale overflowing with joy " the songs of Bohemia drowning out the shouted accusations and desperate howls of Sicilia. But that's not what director Blanche McIntyre has in mind.
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:18AM on July 3, 2018