Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and theatre director Lucy Bailey give an overview of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, soon to be adapted into a ballet for the first time. The music featured in this film was composed by Joby Talbot for The Winter's Tale Find out more at [ Ссылка ]

The Winter's Tale often has a reputation as a 'problem piece' but this, believes Lucy Bailey, stems from the difficulty in ascribing it to one particular genre.

'It's about sex, friendship, and a fall from grace - the darkness within that destroys the potential for a good life,' says Lucy, 'It's about class and the haves and the have-nots. I'm always been moved by that. It defies being put into one genre - it's a romance, a tragedy, a comedy, it's intensely poetic and spiritually enlightening. For me, that's why it's called a problem play but for me, it's not - it's one of Shakespeare's best.'
The story of The Winter's Tale follows the destruction of a marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet, through remorse and regret -- and after a statue comes miraculously to life -- the ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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