The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare ; edited by David Bevington ; David Scott Kastan, James Hammersmith, and Robert Kean Turner, associate editors ; with a foreword by Joseph Papp.
Contributors: Bevington, David M.
Edition: Bantam edition
Series: The Bantam Shakespeare
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780553213072
Copyright date: 1988
Subjects: Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Political refugees -- Drama; Shipwreck victims -- Drama; Magicians -- Drama; Islands -- Drama; Spirits -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: This joyous play, the last comedy of Shakespeare's career, sums up his stagecraft with a display of seemingly effortless skill.  Prospero, exiled Duke of Milan, living on an enchanted island, has the opportunity to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest that drives them ashore--as well as to forestall a rebellion, to arrange the meeting of his daughter, Miranda, with an eminently suitable young prince, and, more important, to relinquish his magic powers in recognition of his advancing age.  Richly filled with music and magic, romance and comedy, the play's theme of love and reconciliation offers a splendid feast for the senses and the heart. (publisher's description)
Notes: Bibliography: p. [108]-113.
"Bantam edition, with newly edited text and substantially revised, edited, and amplified notes, introductions, and other materials"--T.p. verso.
A Bantam Classic