Curated OER
The Winter's Tale: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online quiz asks basic comprehension questions for Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. Test-takers answer fifteen multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, and receive immediate feedback. These basic questions focus mainly on...
Curated OER
WHY IS LEONTES JEALOUS? FINDING A CAUSE IN THE WINTER'S TALE
Young scholars examine several possible ways of understanding Leontes' jealousy through close reading, a performance activity, and the use of a primary source document. They, in groups, perform a scene.
Curated OER
"Strike a Pose:" Music and Vogueing in The Winter's Tale
High schoolers read Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. In groups, they "perform" Act 3, Scenes 1-3 by "striking a pose" that best depicts the characters in that scene and by bringing in music that would best accompany the scene.
Curated OER
Leontes from Head to Toe
Students read Act One of "The Winter's Tale" and analyze the importance, influence and actions of Leontes. They predict what happen next in the play.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Tales From Shakespeare
This site from Bibliomania provides great information on Charles Lamb's Shakespeares works. Includes a brief summary, then lists his famous plays, and each has a summary that can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link. This is...
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Study Guide: The Winter's Tale
A teaching guide for The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, which can be used before or after a live performance, or on its own. Includes plot synopsis, activities, and discussion questions. Information about Shakespeare's life and...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Life and Times
This resource deals with Shakespeare's life, society, drama, art, music, politics and history of that time. The full text to many of Shakespeare's plays is also included.
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: The Winter's Tale
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy The Winter's Tale. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Helpful resources are found at the end of each scene. Related articles...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb
Mary Lamb, with the editorial help of her brother, Charles, rewrote twenty of Shakespeare's plays into stories for children. This is a copy of the tex which introduced Shakespeare to many people of all ages throughout the nineteenth and...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
This is the full text of the five-act comedic play The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Shakespeare the Winter's Tale
Read the full text of the play, "The Winter's Tale." The text of this Shakespearean comedy is organized according to scene.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Winter's Tale
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication The Winter's Tale, a fiction book for children.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "The Winter's Tale "
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "The Winter's Tale." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including courtly love, view of bears in Shakespeare's time, pastorals, the character Autolycus, and other...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Winter's Tale
In this play written by Shakespeare a tale of loss and redemption is told. This site gives excellent insights into the characters, their motivations and important quotations from the play.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: The Late Renaissance: Mannerism
This resource briefly talks about selected Manneristic artwork in the context of Shakespearean drama. A picture is provided along with links to additional information on related subjects.