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Shakespeare & Beyond

Quiz: Family reunions in Shakespeare's plays

a mother and daughter embracing
a mother and daughter embracing

The Winter’s Tale (onstage this fall at Folger Theatre) concludes with a moving family reunion, but this is far from the only such scene that occurs in Shakespeare’s plays. Parents are reunited with children, sisters with brothers, and twins with their other halves, often after years of separation. Take this quiz to see if you can identify the characters in each of these reunions. (Spoilers ahead!)