RSC Live: The Tempest

Jan 11, 2017

2h 23m

★ 7.0

Overview

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Royal Shakespeare Company

RSC Live: The Tempest Trailers

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Cast

Prospero

Simon Russell Beale

Ariel

Mark Quartley

Caliban

Joe Dixon

Miranda

Jenny Rainsford

Ferdinand

Daniel Easton

Alonso

James Tucker

Stephano

Tony Jayawardena

Trinculo

Simon Trinder

Antonio

Oscar Pearce

Sebastian

Tom Turner

Adrian

Oliver Towse

Gonzalo

Joseph Mydell

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