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The Tempest
Starring Ralph Fiennes
Theatre Royal Haymarket
THE TEMPEST
Trevor Nunn directs Ralph Fiennes in
William Shakespeare's The Tempest as
the third production of his electrifying season at the Theatre Royal
Haymarket. ***** The Tempest is believed to have been written in 1610–11.It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure to the island his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand. There is no obvious single source for the plot of The Tempest, but researchers have seen parallels in Erasmus's Naufragium, Peter Martyr's De orbo novo, and an eyewitness report by William Strachey of the real-life shipwreck of the Sea Venture on the islands of Bermuda. In addition, one of Gonzalo's speeches is derived from Montaigne's essay Of the Canibales; and much of Prospero's renunciative speech is taken word for word from a speech by Medea in Ovid's poem Metamorphoses. The masque in Act 4 may have been a later addition, possibly in honour of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in 1613.| The play was first published in the First Folio of 1623. |
The Tempest Show Information Booking Now! Opens 27th August, 2011 Booking until 29th October, 2011 Matinees: Thursday and Saturday 2:30pm Evenings: Monday to Saturday 7.30pm Theatre Royal Haymarket London Theatre Royal Haymarket Seating Plan Infra Red Wheelchair access Disabled Toilets Air-Conditioned |
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Theatre Royal Haymarket Haymarket London, SW1Y 4HT Directions: Take the Bakerloo or Piccadilly line to Piccadilly Circus station and exit onto Haymarket. Rail: Charing Cross |
