Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
as Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan
as Miranda, his daughter
as Ariel, an airy spirit
as Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
as Alonso, the King of Naples
as Ferdinand, his son
as Sebastian, his brother
as Antonio, his brother
as Stephano, a drunken mariner
as Trinculo, his friend
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
as A Goddess
as Sycorax
as Young Miranda
as A Spirit
as A Spirit
