The Winter's Tale

UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Sevenoaks Shakespeare Society has been presenting Shakespeare as part of the Festival for many a year, and we are delighted this year to be staging one of his best loved works, THE WINTER'S TALE. Come with your own folding chair or picnic blanket and breathe in the warm summer air of The White Rock Inn as we take you back to the harshest winter Sicily has ever seen! Shakespeare's classic play transports us through time and space - between the pleasant, present Summer of Bohemia and the wintry tundra of a past Sicily. In Sicily, a jealous tyrant king succumbs to the paranoia of an unfaithful wife; we see the tragedies his suspicions cause unfold. In Bohemia, comedy abounds as two young lovers, one a prince and the other a poor shepherdess, try to avoid the judging eyes of the prince's old-fashioned father. In the last act, these two stories combine into one of Shakespeare's most iconic final scenes.

Book via the Festival Box Office. Full Price £12.00 Concessions [Students (under 21 and in full time education), Children (under 16).] £5.00

Tickets are also available from The White Rock Inn, Underriver, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0SB Tel. 01732 833112 for each performance, £15/£5 on the door (cash or cheque only) or £12/£5 in advance.

Pre-theatre supper is available at the pub - advance booking is very advisable!

The performances will last approximately 2 hours and there will be an interval of 20 minutes. Shakespeare's language is possibly not appropriate for the very young!