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


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