What’s curious is that Howard W. Overshown’s Prospero, played with a recessiveness consistent with a character most at home in his library, does not dominate the play.

Companion viewing "Tempest" (1982, directed by Paul Mazursky with John Cassavetes as the Prospero-esque character)"Prospero's Books" (1991, directed by Peter Greenaway with John Gielgud as ...

There are lots of characters in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. Take an in-depth look at the main ones identifying their key attributes and relationships and analysing their part in the play.

Prospero’s gender isn’t the only thing that’s changed in this “Tempest.” The director Laurie Woolery has streamlined the play to 90 minutes with no intermission (a staple of Mobile Unit ...

The latest London production of "The Tempest" begins with a thunderclap to send unsuspecting members of the audience six feet in the air, so it seems appropriate that director Michael Grandage ...

So wrote critic Hallett Smith of the lead character of “The Tempest,” in the revered 1974 Riverside Edition of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, long poems and sonnets. Smith was specifically ...

Nate Dendy (Ariel), Megan Graves (Miranda), and Eric Hissom (Prospero) in The Tempest at Round House Theatre. It helps that those characters are brought to life by an incredibly talented team of ...

From the Folger, a Mellow 'Tempest' May 16, 2007. By Nelson Pressley. Folger Theatre's "The Tempest" exerts visceral fascination mere seconds into the Aaron Posner production.

Detra Payne (Prospero) and Isadora Gonzalez (Miranda) explored a mother-daughter relationship in “The Tempest.” Nineth Kanieski Koso , Reporter May 20, 2024 ...

Antaeus Theatre Company presents a production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' as a quasi-radio play, directed by Nike Doukas and starring Peter Van Norden.