The Winter's Tale review " Royal Ballet's powerful war of the worlds
Royal Opera House, LondonChristopher Wheeldon strips Shakespeare's play of distractions in this boldly choreographed, nuanced masterpiece Ten years ago, when Christopher Wheeldon created The Winter's Tale, it was the first three-act ballet based on Shakespeare premiered at the Royal Ballet since Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet in 1965. It is also a masterpiece. Watching it twice this week, I was struck by how br…