Great Loves and Great Tragedies
This Valentine’s season, revisit the Stratford Festival’s most captivating performances that delve into love at its most passionate – and most dangerous. From forbidden romance and obsessive desire to betrayal and redemption, these timeless productions remind us that in theatre, love rarely comes without consequence.
- Romeo and Juliet – This enduring tragedy tells the story of two teenagers who fall deeply in love, defying the bitter feud between their families.
- The Winter’s Tale – A king’s jealousy shatters his family, until the passage of time and the power of forgiveness offer him a chance at redemption.
- Antony and Cleopatra – A love affair between two rulers ignites political chaos, as passion overwhelms duty and reason.
- R+J – A bold, contemporary reimagining of "Romeo and Juliet", where young love clashes with entrenched rivalries in a modern world of sound and music.
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Romeo and Juliet
PASSION’S FLAME CONSUMES ALL.
Falling headlong in love, two teenagers defy the long-simmering hatred between their families. But daring to love one's enemy comes with a terrible cost, as the needless sacrifice of young lives brings this heartbreaking story to its tragic conclusion. -
R+J
This radically reimagined version of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet invites you into an up-to-the-minute world of sound and music, a world in which the entrenched hostilities of an older generation are challenged by the passions of young people who only want to love.
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The Winter's Tale
A Stratford Festival Original Stage Production
“The Festival’s best show of 2025” (The New York Post)
Blinded by jealousy, King Leontes falsely accuses his pregnant wife of infidelity, setting into motion a series of catastrophes that will destroy his wife and son and leave his infant daughter ...
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Antony and Cleopatra
Reason and judgement prove no match for the tsunami of mutual passion engulfing Mark Antony, one of the three joint rulers of the Roman republic, and Cleopatra, the seductive queen of Egypt. Surrendering everything to their desires, they open the floodgates to a civil conflict that will shake the...
