Tempest costumes

The Rude Mechanicals' April 2011 production of Shakespeare's Tempest. I was the lighting designer for this production! © Chris Dzombak 2011 Use without permission prohibited. chrisdzombak.com chris@chrisdzombak.com

Ralph Fiennes is the best thing in this rather slug-gish production of Shakespeare's shortest play.

83rd Academy Awards - Nominated for Best Costume Design - Sandy Powell - The Tempest. Powell stuck to a palette of dark and metallic hues – seen on Gonzalo (Tom Conti) – to define the avant-garde look of the mythical film.

Miranda costume design by Jeremy Floyd for the 2016 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival's Professional Company production of "The Tempest."

- by Jennifer Rogan

ENCHANTED FORGIVENESS When the sorcerer Prospero discards his magic staff and abjures his spellbinding ways, it is, of course, Shakespeare’s swan song too. (The play will no longer be the thing.) The Tempest, his final finished work, is a valedictory to the 35 or so splendid stage stories that precede it. If Prospero, perhaps to […]

We look in depth at Prospero, Miranda, Ariel and Caliban, with videos, photo galleries and study grids. Why does Prospero forgive his enemies? How has growing up on the island affected Miranda? How does Ariel feel about Prospero? How human is Caliban?

Just for fun! :D Romeo, where for art thou? http://www.flasharcade.com/adventure-games/romeo-game.html In all seriousness though, comparing scripts between Romeo and Juliet and the Tempest; Both feature naive lovers, which is a theme Shakespeare is very fond of. In all their purity and charm, Ferdinand and Romeo are the models of pure romanticism. Charming to a fault, I can only imagine Ferdinand's fate would be identical to Romeo's if only they had changed settings. In fact! Romeo and…

Take a detailed look at the main plot points of The Tempest, with pictures from our shows and links to four key scenes from the play.