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Leontes is puzzled as to how Hermione convinced Polixenes so easily, and is suddenly consumed with an insane paranoia that his pregnant wife has been having an affair with Polixenes and that the child is a bastard.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Leontes is puzzled as to how Hermione convinced Polixenes so easily, and is suddenly consumed with an insane paranoia that his pregnant wife has been having an affair with Polixenes and that the child is a bastard.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The supporters of Rome sent to Quirinus asking him to go to Athens, and Apollodorus, the ringleader of the movement, was tried at the instance of a man called Leontes, found guilty and sent into banishment.
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Leontes orders Camillo, a Sicilian Lord, to poison Polixenes.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Leontes then decides to send his wife, Queen Hermione, to try to convince Polixenes.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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As Leontes, Robert Hands is disturbed rather than deranged by jealousy, quietly spoken but impressive.
She Stoops to Conquer; Henry V, The Winter's Tale – review 2012
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This production is ever so slightly star-studded: directed by Sam Mendes, cast including Simon Russell Beale (Leontes), Ethan Hawke (Autolycus), Sinead Cusack (Paulina) and Rebecca Hall (Hermione).
February Books 22) Short Trips: Repercussions, edited by Gary Russell nwhyte 2009
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The play begins with the appearance of two childhood friends: Leontes, King of Sicilia, and Polixenes, the King of Bohemia.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The key dramatic point is the jealousy of King Leontes of Sicilia over his wife Hermione's friendship with King Polixenes of Bohemia; their baby daughter is abandoned and the end of the play has her reuniting with the family and all end happily paired off.
February Books 22) Short Trips: Repercussions, edited by Gary Russell nwhyte 2009
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Leontes desperately attempts to get Polixenes to stay longer, but is unsuccessful.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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