1. Read the play
2. Watch one of these films of productions of the play:
a. This excellent production by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican, London–rent on Amazon for $2.99:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.dabbc425-702b-0257-d9ff-9e7d13ac5a89?
ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvt_aiv-20
b. This is a heavily cut contemporary version that is well acted. Available at no cost here :
3. Read this essay by Stephen Orgel, “The Winter’s Tale: A Modern Perspective.”
https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/the-winters-tale/the-winters-tale-a-modern-perspective/
4. Post to the discussion forum an answer to the following prompt:
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