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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, 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.
Sycorax / ˈ s ɪ k ər æ k s / is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero, the hero of the play, is stranded.
Parts or all of it have been set to music by Henry Purcell (alternatively attributed to John Weldon, The Tempest), Igor Stravinsky (Three Songs from William Shakespeare), Arthur Sullivan (The Tempest), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Three Shakespeare Songs), Pete Seeger (Two from Shakespeare), John Zorn, Marianne Faithfull, Laurie Anderson, and Caroline Shaw.
Shakespeare helps me envisage the unimaginable, and a speech from “The Tempest” has been running through my mind since images of charred sections of Pacific Palisades and Altadena started ...
Stephano (/ ˈ s t ɛ f ən oʊ / STEF-ən-oh) is a boisterous and often drunk butler of King Alonso in William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest.He, Trinculo and Caliban plot against Prospero, the ruler of the island on which the play is set and the former Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's fictional universe. [1]
He recites some lines of Prospero's speech before asking Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) to provide some insight into the character of Prospero and Shakespeare's The Tempest in general. In the mobile game Star Trek Timelines a character was released in February 2017 called Prospero Data, recalling the character's appearance in the previously ...
Articles relating to the theatrical play The Tempest (c. 1610–1611) by William Shakespeare. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.