The Tempest by William Shakespeare is one of the greatest
plays ever written. It tells the story of the Duke of Milan, Prospero, who is
exiled with his daughter Miranda to a remote island in the Mediterranean. When
his enemies arrive on the island, Prospero plagues him with his magic and the
spirits under his command to bring them to a place of repentance for their
treatment of him. He also finds a husband for his daughter, allowing all to
leave the island in peace. A fun piece
of trivia is that this is one of the first scripts to be “remade”. In 1667,
John Dryden and William D’Avenant wrote a play called The Tempest or the Enchanted Island. This was 56 years after
Shakespeare’s version!
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