Tempest: Shakespeare at Stratford Series

by David Lindley

Book Overview

The Tempest is a strange and elusive play; which critics have interpreted in very different ways: as a drama of forgiveness and reconciliation, as an exploration of the limits of theatrical art, or as a play complicit with colonial exploitation. Prospero's island is a fearful yet enchanting place; a place suffused with music, and its storm, disappearing banquet and elaborate betrothal masque demand imaginative stagecraft. Stratford productions have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903436737
• ISBN13: 9781903436738
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 7.8"