
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