Northern Broadsides’ Production of The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
By Stephen Hargadon A “sad tale’s best for winter”, says Hermione’s son Mamillius, and this production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale by Northern Broadsides opens in a suitably spartan, sombre space. White walls, white doors – a wintry, stately, somewhat forbidding setting. It looks like 1990s loft conversion, faintly industrial and clinical. The play opens…
