By Julie Peterson
Mary Riley and Richard Baird in The Winter's Tale. Photo by Laura Durant, graphic enhancements by Southwest Shakespeare Co.
Watching a play by William Shakespeare can be like watching a biopic (or, for that matter, like trying to get on an O.J. Simpson jury) -- you already know what happened, and you can't unknow it. Even if you attempt my strategy, which was to choose a play I'd never read or seen, most companies helpfully spoil you with a synopsis in the playbill.
