The Tempest
From: Tuesday, 23rd April 2013
To: Sunday, 18 August 2013
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Synopsis
Prospero, Duke of Milan, his dukedom usurped by his brother Antonio, is put to sea with his daughter Miranda and some magical books smuggled in by his loyal councillor Gonzalo. The sea casts them up on an island where Prospero, exercising his magical powers, makes a home for himself and Miranda. One day a great storm, which Prospero has conjured, breaks up a passing ship and delivers to him the members of his usurping court. Treacherous brother, fellow conspirators and old friend alike come under Prospero's spell. Shakespeare's last play.
Our Review:
3 May 2013
Jessie Buckley as Miranda & Roger Allam as Prospero (Photo: Marc Brenner)
How reluctant is Prospero to give up his power? He talks of abjuring his magic to embrace his former position but how easily does a man with the power to raise storms and control the spirits relinquish that authority for earthly baubles?
Jeremy Herrin's production of The Tempest, The Globe's season opener, proposes Prospero as a man in thrall to his books - Roger Allam's mellifluous tones suggest a man wholly in love with learning; there's a delicacy in his scenes with Colin Morgan's fleet-of-foot Ariel, a touch of tenderness. What's missing is the roughness: how did such a bookish man enslave Caliban and keep his Ariel in thrall?
But if the authority is missing there are other delights. When Prospero speaks of "some vanity of mine art", he's not exaggerating. This is someone who relishes his trickery, ...
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BarkingP - 4 May 2013:
In large part I agree with the review; the opening scene was certainly inaudible, and there isn't an awful lot of unsettling darkness to be had. Nevertheless I enjoyed it; played for laughs it may be, but it seemed to me a valid and interesting reading of a play which too often is treated with a po-faced reverence. Not a definitive Tempest, but I'm glad I went ...
Cast
Roger Allam (Prospero)
Jessie Buckley (Miranda)
Colin Morgan (Ariel)
Jason Baughan
Sam Cox
Pip Donaghy
Trevor Fox
James Garnon
Peter Hamilton-Dyer
Joshua James
William Mannering
Sarah Sweeney
Amanda Wilkin
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
The Globe Theatre (Producer)
Jeremy Herrin (Director)
Stephen Warbeck (Music)
Max Jones (Design)
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