A violent storm tears a ship apart. On a remote island, Prospero — magician, exile, rightful Duke of Milan — has conjured the tempest himself, watching with his daughter as his enemies are cast upon his shores. All survive. What begins in wreckage unfolds into something stranger and more beautiful: plots within plots, a bewitching love affair, spirits and monsters, music drifting through the air, and the slow working out of justice, forgiveness, and loss. ‘The magic in The Tempest is real … It contains a great many unanswered questions’ — Margaret Atwood One of Shakespeare’s last and greatest plays, The Tempest is a work that stretches language and theatre to their limits — a meditation on power and mercy that has haunted readers and audiences for four centuries. Used and Recommended by the National Theatre, this Penguin Shakespeare edition is prepared under General Editor Stanley Wells, edited with an introduction by Martin Butler.
ISBN 13: 9780141396309
Author: William Shakespeare
