Sixteen years after Leontes, a Sicilian king, wrongly banishes his newborn child and accuses his wife Hermione of infidelity, the child, Perdita, falls in love with Florizel, the son of Polixenes, her supposed father's friend.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Winter's Tale
A royal family's downfall begins with a king's misguided jealousy, as he rejects his newborn child and falsely accuses his wife of adultery, ultimately sealing their tragic fate.
