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Macbeth was a favourite of the seventeenth-century diarist Samuel Pepys, who saw the play on 5 November 1664 ("admirably acted"), 28 December 1666 ("most excellently acted"), ten days later on 7 January 1667 ("though I saw it lately, yet [it] appears a most excellent play in all respects"), on 19 April 1667 ("one of the best plays for a stage ...
The bosun of the starship Albatross welcomes the audience as passengers aboard a routine survey flight, departing momentarily under the command of Captain Tempest. After takeoff, Captain Tempest converses with the ship's new Science Officer, who is a woman, and they argue about the importance of men and women on earth.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone.After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a wizard, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an ...
The Tempest, ca. 1603–11; The Two Noble Kinsmen, ca. 1612–14 (co-written with John Fletcher) Sources: F E Halliday (1964), A L Rowse (1978) and Stanley Wells (1986) [2] [n 1] The Norton Shakespeare describes Henry VIII (ca. 1612–13) as being characteristic of the late romances, but still considers it one of the histories, [4] as does ...
The phrase was originally used in The Tempest, Act 2, Scene I. Antonio uses it to suggest that all that has happened before that time, the "past," has led Sebastian and himself to this opportunity to do what they are about to do: commit murder. In the context of the preceding and next lines, "(And by that destiny) to perform an act, Whereof ...
The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island is a comedy adapted by John Dryden and William D'Avenant from Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest. [1] The musical setting, previously attributed to Henry Purcell , and probably for the London revival of 1712, was very probably by John Weldon .
Shakespeare is thought to have written Act I, scenes i and ii; II, ii and iv; III, ii, lines 1–203 (to exit of King); V, i. King John: 1595–1598 [42] First known performance at Covent Garden Theatre on 26 February 1737 but doubtlessly performed as early as the 1590s. Richard II: Richard III: Around 1593. [43] First published in a quarto in ...
Macbeth will not die violently. Macduff, delivered by Caesarean section not born naturally, kills Macbeth. ——— Tolkien: No man living shall hinder the Witch-King. The Witch-King is immortal. ——— A Hobbit (with a magical dagger made exactly for this purpose [T 4]) and a woman kill the Witch-King. Shakespeare: Birnam Wood will come to ...