The Tempest
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
95 mins
Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
Jack Birkett
Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
Neil Cunningham
Sebastian, his brother
Peter Turner
Trinculo, his friend
Elisabeth Welch
A Goddess
Claire Davenport
Sycorax
Kate Temple
Young Miranda
Helen Wellington-Lloyd
A Spirit
Angela Whittingham
A Spirit
Stephen Pruslin
Original Music Composer
Guy Ford
Producer
Mordecai Shreiber
Producer
Peter Middleton
Director of Photography
Lesley Walker
Editor
Yolanda Sonnabend
Production Design
Ian Whittaker
Art Direction
Rosalind McCorquodale
Makeup Artist
Keith of 'Smile'
Hairstylist
Tony Anscombe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sarah Vickers
Sound Editor
John Lewis
Original Music Composer