'a play where miracles do happen and redemption does eventually come, but at a terrible price'

Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 22.9.09

'Like all of Shakespeare's later plays, this is a realistic fairy tale'

John Peter, Sunday Times, 20.9.09

'Shakespeare's perturbing fable'

Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph, 18.12.10

'An age which loves science fiction and fantasy should take The Winter's Tale to heart'

Libby Purves, The Times, 18.12.10

'Cleverly and clearly designed for study, notes and commentary appear on the same page as the text and the introduction encompasses the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts as well as a survey of critical approaches.'

Sardines Magazine (Autumn 2010)