The Tempest
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Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
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"“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”"
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en
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Heathcote Williams
Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan
Toyah Willcox
Miranda, his daughter
Karl Johnson
Ariel, an airy spirit
Jack Birkett
Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
Peter Bull
Alonso, the King of Naples
David Meyer
Ferdinand, his son
Neil Cunningham
Sebastian, his brother
Richard Warwick
Antonio, his brother
Christopher Biggins
Stephano, a drunken mariner
Peter Turner
Trinculo, his friend
Ken Campbell
Gonzalo, an honest councillor
Elisabeth Welch
A Goddess
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Shakespeare’s Globe announces Sam Wanamaker Playhouse winter season: The Tempest with Tom Crouch & Naomi Wirthner, and Chadwick Boseman’s Deep Azure - West End Theatre
Shakespeare’s Globe announces Sam Wanamaker Playhouse winter season: The Tempest with Tom Crouch & Naomi Wirthner, and Chadwick Boseman’s Deep Azure West End Theatre
Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen - The Guardian
Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen The Guardian
Michael Powell and Britain’s deeply conflicted attitude to cinema | Letter - The Guardian
Michael Powell and Britain’s deeply conflicted attitude to cinema | Letter The Guardian
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Dench, Swinton and Biggins: all Derek Jarman’s feature films – ranked! The Guardian
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Powell and Pressburger: In Prospero's Room The Arts Desk |
Ian Whittaker, Set Decorator on ‘Alien,’ ‘Howards End’ and ‘Tommy,’ Dies at 94 - The Hollywood Reporter
Ian Whittaker, Set Decorator on ‘Alien,’ ‘Howards End’ and ‘Tommy,’ Dies at 94 The Hollywood Reporter
The queer magic and rage of Derek Jarman - Financial Times
The queer magic and rage of Derek Jarman Financial Times
Paris Can Wait Squanders Diane Lane – and Lots of Nice Dinners - Miami New Times
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The Tempest (2010) ⭐ 5.3 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy - IMDb
The Tempest (2010) ⭐ 5.3 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy IMDb
A Second Look: Derek Jarman’s ‘The Last of England’ still potent - Los Angeles Times
A Second Look: Derek Jarman’s ‘The Last of England’ still potent Los Angeles Times
Review: The Tempest - CBC
Review: The Tempest CBC
The Tempest — Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter
The Tempest — Film Review The Hollywood Reporter
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