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Airy Charms Work in ASP's Tempest

Although director Patrick Swanson promises 'rough magic' in the promotional material, what the show delivers is light and deft. Music, comedy, and romance combine to lift this Actors' Shakespeare Project production of

Love and Madness Give a Tempestuous Performance

The chance to see a production of one of my favourite Shakespeare plays, directed by the successful British actor Jack Shepherd, is a tempting one. In his written introduction to the play he offers explanation for the more...

The Tempest

Period written: By 1611 First known performance: November 1, 1611 (Whitehall Palace, London) A ship carrying Alonso King of Naples, his son Ferdinand, Antonio, and other nobles, is wrecked in a storm created by the...

The Tempest and the Transience of Life

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival offers an abundance of resources to learn more about their Shakespeare productions. Park talks feature a Q&A with a resident actor; souvenir programs and play guides offer insight and...

The Tempest Charms with Kulick at the Helm

The Tempest looks impossibly hard to produce: a shipwreck on stage, an air spirit and half-demon that aren’t human, a controlling intellectual with magical capabilities, and a plot that keeps splintering off from itself. All difficulties a...

The Tempest: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 On a ship at sea. (Ship-Master, Boatswain, Mariners, Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinando, Gonzalo) A...

The Tempest: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 The island. Before Prospero’s cell. (Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Ferdinand) Enter Prospero and...

The Tempest: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 Another part of the island. (Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco, Ariel) Enter Alonso,...

The Tempest: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 Another part of the island. (Caliban, Trinculo, Stephano) Enter Caliban with a burden of wood. A noise of...

The Tempest: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 Before Prospero’s cell. (Ferdinand, Miranda, Prospero) Enter Ferdinand bearing a...

The Tempest: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 Another part of the island. (Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Ariel) Enter Caliban, Stephano, and...

The Tempest: Act III, Scene 3

Scene 3 Another part of the island. (Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco, Prospero, Shapes, Ariel)

The Tempest: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 Before Prospero’s cell. (Prospero, Ferdinand, Miranda, Ariel, Iris, Juno, Ceres, Nymphs, Reapers, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo,...

The Tempest: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 Before Prospero’s cell. (Prospero, Ariel, Alonso, Gonzalo, Sebastian, Antonio, Adrian, Francisco, Ferdinand, Miranda, Master, Boatswain, Caliban,...

The Tempest: Epilogue

Epilogue (Prospero) PROS. Now my charms are all o’erthrown, And what strength I...