The Tempest
Contributors: Martin Butler (Editor, Introduction)
Series: Penguin Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780141016641
Copyright date: 2007
Description: 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 drunkenness follow as the travelers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed. They soon begin to realize all is as it seems.

This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and the Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to The Tempest, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussion performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.
(back cover)
Notes: UK edition