The Winter's Tale to him in a dream and bade him name the girl Perdita. He leaves a fardel (a bundle) by the baby containing gold and other trinkets which suggest that the baby is of noble blood. A violent storm suddenly appears, wrecking the ship on which Antigonus arrived. He wishes to take pity on the child, but is chased away in one of Shakespeare's most famous stage directions: "Exit, pursued by a bear." (It is not known whether Shakespeare used a real bear from the London bear-pits, or an actor in bear costume.) Perdita is rescued by a shepherd and his
Twist (stage play) do even better if she is murdered first. A German version entitled "Der Letzte Dreh", translated by Ursula Grutzmacher-Tabori, is available and, in 2008, Matador Books published a UK acting edition. "Twist" was also published as a Kindle Edition in 2011. The play had its US debut in Taunton, Massachusetts in 2010. Twist (stage play) Twist is a comedy stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick. Originally written in 1990, it was first produced in 1995 at the Pentameters Theatre in London under the title "Getting Away with Murder". "Twist" has a cast of three men and three women. The play is