The Tempest

The Tempest

The Tempest

The Tempest

The Tempest

Overview

A storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and drunkenness follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed. They soon begin to realize all is not as it seems.

Authors

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His father was a glove-maker and served as alderman in Stratford. After completing school, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children – Susanna, Judith and Hamnet. By 1594, he had ...

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