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''The magic in The Tempest is real ... It contains a great many unanswered questions'' Margaret Atwood

A storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and enchantment follow as the travellers explore this mysterious place of spirits and monsters, and discover that all is not as it seems. Shakespeare''s late, great play is a work filled with marvels, music and strangeness, fully exploiting the power of language and the magic of theatre.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited with an Introduction by Martin Butler

The Tempest

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 29/10/2015
      ISBN13: 9780141396309, 978-0141396309
      ISBN10: 014139630X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The magic in The Tempest is real ... It contains a great many unanswered questions'' Margaret Atwood

      A storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and enchantment follow as the travellers explore this mysterious place of spirits and monsters, and discover that all is not as it seems. Shakespeare''s late, great play is a work filled with marvels, music and strangeness, fully exploiting the power of language and the magic of theatre.

      Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

      General Editor Stanley Wells
      Edited with an Introduction by Martin Butler

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