Outdoor Theatre Brings Shakespeare to River Edge

Members of the Next Stage Ensemble of the New Jersey Shakespeare Theatre transported a River Edge audience through a fanciful and sometimes dark 16-year journey in one of Shakespeare's great mystical and mythical romances, "The Winter's Tale" recently.

From the seeds of unfounded jealousy, two kingdoms become entangled in a web of paranoia, insinuation, and mistrust. Can a lost princess unwittingly be the key to healing the two realms? From the dramatic accusations in the high court of Sicilia, to the raucous and jovial Bohemian sheep-sheering festival, to the revelatory final scene, "The Winter's Tale" celebrates the triumph of love, nobility, and all things good, and ends with a promise of rejuvenation, redemption and hope.

The event was co-sponsored by the Friends of the and the on the back lawn behind the library.

The acting troupe will continue to perform "The Winter's Tale" throughout the summer at various local libraries across the state.