RSC Live: The Tempest

The story

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.

Cast

S Simon Russell BealeProspero M Mark QuartleyAriel J Joe DixonCaliban J Jenny RainsfordMiranda D Daniel EastonFerdinand J James TuckerAlonso T Tony JayawardenaStephano S Simon TrinderTrinculo O Oscar PearceAntonio T Tom TurnerSebastian O Oliver TowseAdrian J Joseph MydellGonzalo

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M Matthew McPhersonFrancisco J Joe ShireMaster of the Ship / Spirit D Darren RaymondBoatswain / Spirit C Caleb FrederickMariner / Spirit E Elly CondronIris / Spirit J Jennifer WittonJuno S Samantha HayCeres A Alison ArnoppSpirit L Laura CairnsSpirit S Sarah Kameela ImpeySpirit