The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Performed by Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, and a full cast
The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Audio Theater
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781932219326
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ISBN: 9780792730064
| Runtime: | 2.18 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Drama/Performing Arts |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A Voice Arts Award Nominee
This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse.
Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. Aided by the spirit Ariel, Prospero uses his magical art to bring his enemies under his control.
Prospero is played by Bob Peck, Ariel by Adrian Lester, Jennifer Ehle is Miranda, Simon Russell Beale is Antonio, Jamie Glover is Ferdinand, and Richard McCabe plays Caliban.
Author
Author Bio: William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Drama/Performing Arts |
| Runtime: | 2.18 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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