The Tempest - Old Vic Theatre

The Tempest - Old Vic London

This show concluded its current run on 21st August 2010
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The Tempest

The Tempest at The Old Vic Theatre


Sam Mendes returns to direct year two of The Bridge Project, with another stellar transatlantic line up including Michelle Beck, Christian Camargo, Ron Cephas Jones, Stephen Dillane, Juliet Rylance and Thomas Sadoski in an intriguing pairing of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It and his late masterpiece The Tempest.

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare. The play's protagonist, Prospero, has been usurped by his brother Antonio and the King of Naples Alonso. Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda have been put into a small boat and exiled to an island far away from humanity.  When he comes ashore at the island, Prospero finds three inhabitants there: Ariel, a spirit, Caliban, presumed to be Ariel's brother, and their mother, Sycorax. When Prospero reached the island Sycorax was already dead and he frees Ariel from being trapped in a pine tree. Throughout the play, Prospero uses this act of liberty as blackmail against Ariel. For the next twelve years, Prospero practices his sorcery, ultimately raising a tempest that drives his usurpers ashore. The entire play takes place on an island under his control, where the native inhabitants, Ariel and Caliban, aid or hinder his work. While listed as a comedy when it was initially published in the First Folio of 1623, many modern editors have since re-labelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances.

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The work was based upon the early prose romance Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge. The play features one of Shakespeare's most famous and often quoted speeches, "All the world's a stage," and is the origin of the phrase "too much of a good thing." The play remains a favourite among audiences.
The Tempest
Show Information



Showing from:
 18th June, 2010
to 21st August, 2010



Matinees:
Wednesday
and Saturday 2.00pm


Evenings:
Monday to Saturday 7.30pm


Old Vic Theatre
London


Old Vic Theatre
Seating Plan

Old Vic Theatre London
Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8NB

Nearest Underground: London Waterloo
Bus Routes: 1, 4, 68, 176, 188, 501
Nearest Rail: London Waterloo
Old Vic Theatre

Directions: Take the Northern, Jubilee or Bakerloo line to Waterloo station. The theatre is approximately 10 minutes walk.

Wheelchair access
Disabled Toilets
Air-Conditioned