The Winter’s Tale

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The roar of a bear, then the wailing of a child. A simple shepherd finds baby Perdita at the border of Bohemia. She is raised as the shepherd’s own and falls in love with the daughter of King Polixenes.

16 years earlier in Sicilia, King Leontes accuses his wife Hermione of adultery with his best friend Polixenes. Driven by jealousy, he imprisons Hermione and casts out their newborn daughter. The roar of a bear, then the wailing of a child.