Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics We are such stuff As dreams are made on; & our little life Is rounded with a sleep' Magical & dreamlike in its tone Shakespeare's The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions & a shipwreck Banished from Italy Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter Using his magic he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother but in doing so Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing men' from monsters' & the realities of justice ...

Prospero & his daughter Miranda are stranded on a lonely desert island Then a magical storm washes a royal ship ashore
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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Tempest on the left-hand page side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary ...

Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal The Tempest is the most lyrical profound & fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies Prospero long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies Eventually having proved merciful he divests himself of that magic his art' & prepares to return to the mainland The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's farewell to the stage' before his retirement In the past critics emphasised the romantically beautiful features of The Tempest seeing it as an imaginative fantasia In recent decades however The Tempest has also been treated as a potently political drama which offers controversial insights into colonialism & racism Frequently staged & diversely filmed the play has influenced numerous poets & novelists ...

Unrivalled design that is enticing & clear for all students including low-attainers Dramatic photography from a range of productions to stimulate discussion Targeted support that helps pupils to understand the play & its language Interpretation-based questions & activities that encourage students to explore the plays in performance Durable & hardwearing books that last for years ...

An enhanced larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays extensively rewritten expanded & produced in an attractive new design An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible & creative ways Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language interest in character & sense of theatre Substantially revised & extended in full colour classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ' Stagecraft' ' Write about it' ' Language in the play' ' Characters' & ' Themes' features Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ' The Tempest' & Shakespeare

Includes:: rich exciting colour photos of performances of ' The Tempest' from around the world

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A storm rages Prospero his daughter Miranda & his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked Miraculously all on board survive Plotting mistaken identities & bewitching love follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits & monsters on which they have landed 240 pages Shakespeare William ...

Despite being radically unconventional late auteur Derek Jarman's 1979 film has been hailed as one of the most successful adaptations of the Bard's works by several Shakespeare scholars Jarman removes much of the dialogue instead carrying the story with his trademark haunting images lit mostly by fire & the moon Using the prevalent English punk sensibility of the time he also employs undertones of closeted gay society Poet Heathcote Williams plays the banished Prospero with a frustrated intensity while Karl Johnson is the sprite-like Ariel Together on a remote island they become prisoners of a dark fantasy realm filled with secret signs & codes where they attempt to use magic to turn the world into a more spiritually satisfying place Meanwhile Prospero's daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox) wanders the halls of his foreboding fortress outrageously costumed in a stunning combination of period & punk tatters as she draws strangers into her home while longing for freedom Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey Jarman's film creates a dreamlike world within each room that is lushly lit & decadent in its wasteful decay As the tale progresses Prospero's illusions become false realities culminating in a sumptuous wedding feast that features a Busby Berkeley-like performance of sailors dancing as Elisabeth Welch sings Stormy Weather ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This modern retelling of William Shakespeare&s final masterpiece is an exciting mystical & magical fantasy with Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren (Best Actress The Queen 2006) leading a star-studded cast including Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) & Alfred Molina (The Sorcerer&s Apprentice) Exiled to a magical island the sorceress Prospera (Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies & then unleashes her powers for revenge Directed by the visionary Julie Taymor
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- The Tempest with its innovative twist is a supernatural dramedy filled with Shakespearean villains lovers & fools that will leave you spellbound

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This is the entire unabridged play brought to life in full colour! Although The Tempest was the first play to appear in the first official Folio printing of Shakespeare's plays it was almost certainly the last play he wrote It held pride of place in that first collection presumably because the editors thought it to be his masterpiece; a crowning glory to the career of the most brightest of playwrights Needless to say we had to select the very best artists to do it justice & to bring you the stunning artwork that you've come to expect from our titles Poignant to the last this book is a classic amongst classics ...