ABSTRACT
Perdita is the long-lost daughter of King Leontes and Queen Hermione of Sicilia – not that she knows any of this until the very end of the play; she has been brought up by a simple shepherd. She is a straight-forward and charming young girl in love with Florizel, son of the King of Bohemia. At this point she has just arrived with Florizel for the shepherds’ festival. He has just complimented her on her costume, comparing her to a ‘Queen’; this is her response. She is sixteen.
