The Tempest

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). (Author). Doran, Gregory. (director.). Humphreys, Dewi. (screen director.). Beale, Simon Russell. (actor.). Rainsford, Jenny. (actor.). Quartley, Mark. (actor.). Dixon, Joe. (actor.). Royal Opera House (London, England). (Added Author). Royal Shakespeare Company. (Added Author). Alison Arnopp (Spirit), Laura Cairns (Spirit), Elly Condron (Iris/Spirit), Joe Dixon (Caliban), Daniel Easton (Ferdinand), Caleb Frederick (Mariner/Spirit), Samantha Hay (Ceres), Sarah Kameela Impey (Spirit), Tony Jayawardena (Stephano), Matthew McPherson (Francisco), Joseph Mydell (Gonzalo), Oscar Pearce (Antonio), Mark Quarley (Ariel), Jenny Rainsford (Miranda), Darren Raymond (Boatswain), Simon Russell Beale (Prospero), Joe Shire (Master of the Ship), Oliver Towse (Adrian), Simon Trinder (Trinculo), James Tucker (Alonso), Tom Turner (Sebastian), Jennifer Witton (Juno) (Cast).

Summary: On a distant island, a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and his no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries he men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm, he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake, they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems…

Record details

OCLC: on1303006836
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (apprx. 159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 &#x00BE; in.
videodisc
Published: Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, UK :Royal Opera House Enterprises Ltd. / Royal Shakespeare Company,2017.
Publisher: Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, UK : Royal Opera House Enterprises Ltd. / Royal Shakespeare Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

Note:	Live performance (approximately 145 minutes) ; DVD contains 14 minutes in extras.
Contents:	Extra Features: 400 years in the making – Intel x the RSC; Becoming Ariel; Interview with Simon Russell Beale; Director’s Commentary; Cast Gallery
Creation/Production:	Director, Gregory Doran; Production Designer, Stephen Brimson Lewis; Digital Character Creation, The Imaginarium Studios; Video, Finn Ross; Lighting, Simon Spencer; Music, Paul Englishby; Sound, Jeremy Dunn, Andrew Franks; Movement, Lucy Cullingford; Screen Director, Dewi Humphreys; Screen Producer, John Wyver.
Participant/Performer:	Alison Arnopp (Spirit), Laura Cairns (Spirit), Elly Condron (Iris/Spirit), Joe Dixon (Caliban), Daniel Easton (Ferdinand), Caleb Frederick (Mariner/Spirit), Samantha Hay (Ceres), Sarah Kameela Impey (Spirit), Tony Jayawardena (Stephano), Matthew McPherson (Francisco), Joseph Mydell (Gonzalo), Oscar Pearce (Antonio), Mark Quarley (Ariel), Jenny Rainsford (Miranda), Darren Raymond (Boatswain), Simon Russell Beale (Prospero), Joe Shire (Master of the Ship), Oliver Towse (Adrian), Simon Trinder (Trinculo), James Tucker (Alonso), Tom Turner (Sebastian), Jennifer Witton (Juno)