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
Exit...Stage Left (video) The videocassette and laserdisc versions are currently out-of-print. In 2006, a DVD version of the original production was released as part of the DVD box set, titled "Rush Replay X 3" with its audio re-mastered in 5.1-channel Dolby Surround by Rush guitarist and co-producer Alex Lifeson. In 2007, the DVD version of "Exit...Stage Left", as it was included in "Rush Replay X 3", was released as a single, stand-alone DVD. The concert footage documented in "Exit... Stage Left" was filmed March 27, 1981, at the Montreal Forum, in Montreal, Quebec. All songs are part of the live performance unless specified