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  • In Shakespeare, probity is the possession of stout-hearted simpletons, such as Florizel, Bassanio, and Duke Orsino.

    Bob Monkhouse: Over the Limit Michael Allen 2005

  • Her reputation destroyed by the public affair ( 'Florizel' and 'Perdita' were a constant source of bawdy humour and satirical caricatures), Robinson could no longer sell her wares as an actress.

    Mary Darby Robinson (1758-1800) 2000

  • Cape Race, the steamship "Florizel" joined us, bringing the Newfoundland troops.

    The Great War As I Saw It Frederick George Scott 1902

  • Florizel (Francois Battiste), the son of Polixenes, and the found daughter of Leontes (Heather Lind), fall in love and return to the royal court, where all is reconciled and forgiven.

    Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Grand Manner, A Winter's Tale 2010

  • During these final scenes, performances radiating their own redemptive powers are filed by the lissome Heather Lind as 16-year-old Perdita, by bold Francois Battiste as her lover and Polixenes's son Florizel, by effortlessly funny Jesse Tyler Ferguson and by always reliable Hamish Linklater as the scamming Autolycus.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Public Theater's Merchant of Venice and Winter's Tale Are Problems, Only the First of Which Is Solved 2010

  • She was prince's first big love, and he would write her impassioned love letters which he signed Florizel and addressed to Perdita based on the play he was introduced to her in which she blackmailed him with later when she needed some cash.

    Tart of the Week: Mary "Perdita" Robinson Heather Carroll 2008

  • Florizel and takes the slightly older Robinson as his mistress for a single year, a year that would determine her career for the rest of her life.

    Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text 2006

  • Re-enter Cleomenes and others, with Florizel and Perdita

    The Winter’s Tale 2004

  • What I'm teaching this week: Dryden's Marriage A-la-Mode, Shakespeare's Winter's Tale and David Garrick's peculiar mid-18th-century adaptation of the same play, Florizel and Perdita.

    Archive 2004-09-01 Jenny Davidson 2004

  • What I'm teaching this week: Dryden's Marriage A-la-Mode, Shakespeare's Winter's Tale and David Garrick's peculiar mid-18th-century adaptation of the same play, Florizel and Perdita.

    What I'm teaching this semester Jenny Davidson 2004

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