A dramatic beginning gives way to a happy ending in this play, which includes perhaps the funniest stage direction ever written: "Exit, pursued by a bear."
Shepherdesses, Guards, &c. SCENE: Sometimes in Sicilia; sometimes in Bohemia. ACT I. SCENE I. Sicilia. An Antechamber in LEONTES' Palace. [Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS] ARCHIDAMUS. Sicilia. CAMILLO. pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly owes him. ARCHIDAMUS. CAMILLO. ARCHIDAMUS. praise us, as ...