Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities.

Ariel is a spirit of the air who can fly, ride on clouds, and glow bright as fire. When his master, the magician Prospero, is overthrown by his brother as the Duke of Milan, Ariel joins Prospero and his baby daughter on a journey that will bring them to a beautiful island ruled by the monstrous Caliban--and to a series of events that lead to a vengeful storm, confounding spells, true romance, and a master who is persuaded to give his transgressors...

The half-wild man Caliban takes his princess charge Chiara and teams with a mysterious magical woman named Calypso to fight against a world that sees magic as evil and uses women as political pawns.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Trevor Nunn, acclaimed director of 30 of Shakespeare's 37 plays, takes you through the otherworldly and supernatural in The Tempest. Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest, is considered his farewell: to stage and, maybe, to life. Nunn explores the biographical nature of the text, which is at times comic and other times tragic, and its connection to the playwright's own troubled history. He also explores the...

This book includes a brief biography of William Shakespeare; a synopsis of the play "The Tempest"; and a selection of criticism on the play, discussing the main currents of criticism in each century since Shakespeare's time.