Scenes
(15 total)

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Act I

• Scene 1. Antechamber in LEONTES’ palace.
• Scene 2. A room of state in the same.

Act II

• Scene 1. A room in LEONTES’ palace.
• Scene 2. A prison.
• Scene 3. A room in LEONTES’ palace.

Act III

• Scene 1. A sea-port in Sicilia.
• Scene 2. A court of Justice.
• Scene 3. Bohemia. A desert country near the sea.

Act IV

• Scene 1. Chorus as Time speaks.
• Scene 2. Bohemia. The palace of POLIXENES.
• Scene 3. A road near the Shepherd’s cottage.
• Scene 4. The Shepherd’s cottage.

Act V

• Scene 1. A room in LEONTES’ palace.
• Scene 2. Before LEONTES’ palace.
• Scene 3. A chapel in PAULINA’S house.

Characters
(34 total)

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• Antigonus, a lord of Sicilia
• Archidamus, a lord of Bohemia
• Autolycus, a rogue
• Camillo, a lord of Sicilia
• Cleomenes, a lord of Sicilia
• Clown, son of the old Shepherd
• Dion, a lord of Sicilia
• Dorcas, a shepherdess
• Emilia, a lady attending on Hermione
• First Gentleman
• First Lady
• First Lord
• First Servant
• Florizel, prince of Bohemia
• Gaoler
• Gentleman
• Hermione, queen to Leontes
• Leontes, king of Sicilia
• Lord
• Lords
• Mamillius, young prince of Sicilia
• Mariner
• Mopsa, a shepherdess
• Officer
• Old Shepherd, reputed father of Perdita
• Paulina, wife to Antigonus
• Perdita, daughter to Leontes and Hermione
• Polixenes, king of Bohemia
• Second Gentleman
• Second Lady
• Second Servant
• Servant
• Third Gentleman
• Time, as the chorus