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TheTempest. William Shakespeare’s The Tempest  Generally regarded as Shakespeare’s last play: 1611  Performed for King James I and at the marriage festivities.

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1 TheTempest

2 William Shakespeare’s The Tempest  Generally regarded as Shakespeare’s last play: 1611  Performed for King James I and at the marriage festivities of his daughter Elizabeth  Source: William Strachey’s account of the shipwreck of the Sea Venture in 1609 Paul Falconer Poole. A Scene from the Tempest, 1856.

3 Prospero Antonio Alonso Sebastian Duke of Milan usurper King of Naples Miranda Ferdinand Sycorax Ariel Gonzalo, Counselor Iris Trinculo, Jester Ceres Stephano, Butler Juno Adrian, Francisco Caliban Nymphs Shipmaster, Boatswain, etc.

4 “If by your art, my dearest father, you have put the wild waters in this roar, allay them” John William Waterhouse, Miranda-The Tempest, c. 1916

5 Themes  Rulers and subjects  Right relationship  Responsibilities  Master/Servant  Revenge or mercy  Sibling rivalry  Commentary on European exploration of new lands  Utopianism  Colonialism  Imperialism  “The Other”  Nature of indigenous peoples  The role of the artist  Autobiographical? Prospero by Lisa Iris

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7 Caliban by Edmund Dulac “The Other”

8 Ariel confronting the “three men of sin” by Edmund Dulac Edward A. Wilson

9 Aimé Césaire  Born 1913 in Martinique, in the French Caribbean  Active in politics, 1945-1993  Poet and playwright  1968: Une Tempete – A Tempest: Adaptation for a Black Theatre

10 Césaire’s A Tempest  Differences in The Tempest and A Tempest:  Role of Caliban  Relationship between Caliban and Ariel  Role of Gonzalo  Prospero’s “white magic”  Eshu

11 Eshu  Yoruban orisha  Santeria: Caribbean  Candomble: Brazil  Trickster god  Opener of ways  Always called upon at the beginning of ceremonies

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13 Other Tempests

14 Literary Adaptations of The Tempest  Auden, W. H. "The Sea and the Mirror" (1944) on W.H. Auden: [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/whauden.htm]W.H. Auden  Barnes, Charlotte (Mary Sanford) The Forest Princess, or Two Centuries Ago (play, on- line) (1844)The Forest Princess, or Two Centuries Ago  Brathwaite, Kamau (1930-). "Caliban" (poem) sites on BrathwaiteBrathwaite  Brough, William and Robert Brough. The Enchanted Isle. 1848.  Browning, Robert (1812-1889). Caliban upon Setebos, or Natural Theology in the Island.Caliban upon Setebos, or Natural Theology in the Island.  Césaire, Aimé. A Tempest (Une Tempête, d'après La tempête de Shakespeare: adaptation pour un théâtre nègre. Paris: Seuil, 1969.) Bibliography and links to CésaireCésaire  Davenant, William and John Dryden. The Tempest or the Enchanted Island. 1670. (play) ed. Jack Lynch. [http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/tempest.html]The Tempest or the Enchanted Island.  Dryden, John, William Davenant and Thomas Shadwell. The Tempest. 1674. (opera) composers: Henry Purcell, John Bannister, Pelham Humphrey, Pietro Reggio, James Hart, Matthew Locke.  Duffet, Thomas. The Mock Tempest or the Enchanted Castle. 1675.  Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. "Caliban". Ferlinghetti, biography, some poemsbiography, some poems  Homolka, Kurt. Die Wunderinsel (1958) Oper mit Ballet. Libretto (arrangement of Schubert's Alfonso und Estrella)  Hughes, Ted. (1930-1998) "Setebos". Ted Hughes Criticism page Johnson, Lemuel. Highlife for CalibanCriticism page

15 Literary Adaptations of The Tempest  MacKaye, Percy. Caliban by the Yellow Sands. 1916. (play)  Malouf, David. Blood Relations. 1987. (play)  Murrell, John. New World. 1985.(play)  Nunez, Elizabeth, Prospero’s Daughter: A Novel. 2006.Prospero’s Daughter: A Novel  Osment, Phillip. This Island's Mine. 1988. (play)  Plath, Sylvia (1933-1963) "Ariel" (and other poems;"Ariel"  Popular novels and romances: Boucher, Rita. The Would-Be Witch; James, Deanna. Acts of Love; Kelly, Carla. Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career; Kidd, Elizabeth. My Lord Guardian, commented by Osborne, Laurie, Romancing the BardRomancing the Bard  Renan, Ernest. L'Eau de Jouvence. 1879.(play)  Schmidt, Arno. Caliban über Setebos. (short story) über Arno Schmidtüber Arno Schmidt  Schober, Franz von. Alfonso und Estrella. libretto (1821) (Franz Schubert)Alfonso und Estrella  Shelley, Percy Bysshe. (1822) With a guitar, to Jane. aka. To a Lady, with a guitar. (Ariel to Miranda)With a guitar, to Jane.  Warner, Marina. Indigo. chapter 19; Indigo: Mapping the waters; interviews and articleschapter 19Indigo: Mapping the watersinterviews and articles  Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr Moreau (1896).The Island of Dr Moreau

16 Film Adaptations of The Tempest  Taymor, Julie. (dir.) The Tempest. (USA, 2010) Helen Mirren as ProsperaThe Tempest  Bender, Jack. (dir.) The Tempest. (USA,1998) set in the Mississippi Bayous during the Civil WarThe Tempest  Stangertz, Gören. (dir.) Stormen (Sweden, 1998)Stormen  Sokolov, Stanislav. (dir.) The Tempest (Animation, Russia, 1992)The Tempest  Greenaway, Peter. (dir.) Prospero's Books (UK, 1991), John Gielgud as Prospero.Prospero's Books  Ählin, Per. (dir.) Resan till Melonia (Norw./Sweden 1989)Resan till Melonia  Taymor, Julie. (dir.) The Tempest (USA, 1986)The Tempest  Woodman, William. (dir.) The Tempest (USA; 1983)The Tempest  Mazurski, John. (dir.) The Tempest (USA, 1982)The Tempest  Stanley, Audrey. (dir.) The Tempest (USA, 1980)The Tempest  Gorrie, John. (dir.) The Tempest (BBC, 1980)The Tempest  Jarman, Derek. (dir.) The Tempest (UK, 1979)The Tempest  Coleman, Basil. (dir.) The Tempest (UK, 1968)The Tempest  Schaefer, George. (dir.) The Tempest (USA, 1960) Richard Burton as Caliban.The Tempest  Atkins, Robert. (dir.) The Tempest (UK, 1956)The Tempest  Wilcox, Fred M. (dir.) The Forbidden Planet (science fiction 1956)The Forbidden Planet  Wellman, William (dir.) Yellow Sky (Western, USA 1948)Yellow Sky  Bower, Dallas. (dir.) The Tempest (UK, 1939)The Tempest  Thanhouser, Edwin (dir.) The Tempest (silent, USA 1911)The Tempest

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