Winter's Tale 1986 Royal Shakespeare Company

The Winter's Tale, Hands & Howland, Royal Shakespeare Company, April 1986.(ahds.ac.uk/performingarts)
"We first see the court of Sicilia through a white gauze to the haunting minor key tinkling of Nigel Hess's wintry music. Regency costumes are white - tail coats boots and all. The floor is covered by a vast polar bear skin, whose huge head glares out at the audience, the play's softness and savagery personified." Martin Hoyle, Financial Times 1.5.86
Opening Date: 30 April 1986, Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Note the mirror suspended to the rear, above the action, but reflecting it towards the audience. HMR