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The Winter's Tale, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

by David Kettle

A wonder-filled, child's-eye view of Shakespeare from director Max WebsterIn the end, it's all about Mamillius. It's he " young son of Leontes of Sicily " who launches director Max Webster's really quite magical new production of Shakespeare's credibilty-busting tragedy-cum-comedy at Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre, suggesting it's all a child's made-up story in the first place. It's he who fast-forwards us 16 years …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 2:48am on February 17, 2017