when was the tempest first performed
The Tempest First Performed. Whitehall, London The 1st of November 1611 AD. As was the case earlier with Othello, The Tempest was first performed before King James and his court at the theatre set up within the old banqueting hall in his Palace of Whitehall.he Tempest is probably the last solo creation of Shakespeare, thus arguably the writer at his peak able to produce a play not comedy nor tragedy nor history but which has inspired actors, writers, artists and musicians since it first appeared.