RSC announces complete casting for The Winter’s Tale, including Kathryn Hunter

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the complete casting for its upcoming production of The Winter’s Tale.

Directed by Yaël Farber, the piece will run in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 12 July to 30 August.

Leading the cast will be the previously revealed Bertie Carvel, returning to the RSC in the role of Leontes, alongside Madeline Appiah as Hermione, Aïcha Kossoko as Paulina and John Light as Polixenes.

Joining him are Kathryn Hunter as Autolycus/Time, as well as Lewis Bowes as Florizel, Amelda Brown as Shepherdess, Bertie Carvel as Leontes, Rhianna Compton as Dancer/Ensemble, Hilda Cronje as Emilia, Ryan Duval as Clown (Young Shepherd), Matthew Flynn as Antigonus, Leah Haile as Perdita, Chihiro Kawasaki as Danger/ensemble, Mkiyah Page-Gordon as Mover/Ensemble, Rakhee Sharma as Dancer/Ensemble, Raphael Sowole as Camillo and Richard Sutton as Jailer/Ensemble.  

Hunter’s casting will mark her first return to the RSC since starring in Timon of Athens in 2018.

The creative team includes set and costume designer Soutra Gilmour, lighting designer Tim Lutkin, composer Max Perryment, movement director Imogen Knight, fight and intimacy director Yarit Dor, casting director Julia Horan and dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg.