Ariel annoys and perplexes the shipwrecked gentlemen, while Caliban grows drunken with the jester and the butler, Trinculo and Stephano, and plots rebellion against Prospero. Ferdinand, falling in love with Miranda, makes himself her servant. The sounds and sights of Prospero's magical island can make even a savage cry. White blankets of mist roll across the land.
Ethereal spirits appear and vanish as quickly as they come.
The harmonies of a thousand musical instruments hang in the air, and they make their listeners marvel at the sounds. The island of Prospero is a wonderful one and that wonder is brought home in the Orlando Shakespeare Festival's production of The Tempest, which opened at the Lake Eola Amphitheater Saturday night. Director Stuart Omans has captured most of the phantasmagorical atmosphere of this difficult play. Most impressive in Omans' production is the talent he has assembled for it - talent apparent in the exquisite costumes, in the often startling stage effects and especially in many of the performances, which bring the story to life. The story revolves around a man named Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who has taken refuge with his daughter, Miranda, on an enchanted tropical island.