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• The Tempest

  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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  The script of THE TEMPEST, for your reading pleasure.

• Hag-seed

  The Tempest Retold

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Acclaimed author Atwood's modern-day take on THE TEMPEST is a witty, multi-layered remake with the Prospero character reimagined as Felix, a famous theatre festival director with a few scores to settle.

• Miranda and Caliban

  Carey, Jacqueline, 1964-

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  Told from the perspectives of Miranda and Caliban, Carey's haunting novel provides a compelling backstory for these two characters and takes their relationship in a very different direction from THE TEMPEST.

• Miranda in Milan

  Duckett, Katharine

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  While Carey's book describes Miranda's life before the events of THE TEMPEST, Duckett's gothic novel imagines what happens after Miranda leaves the island -- and finds herself a virtual prisoner and outcast in her father's castle in Milan.

• Forbidden Planet

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  This 1956 science fiction classic starring Leslie Nielsen as a marooned starship commander and Anne Francis as his love interest is a loose adaption of THE TEMPEST, drawing thematic elements and some plot points from the play.

• Prospero's Daughter

  a Novel

  Nunez, Elizabeth

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  This award-wining novel from Trinidadian American author Nunez is a captivating and beautifully rendered retelling of THE TEMPEST set in a leper colony off the coat of Trinidad in 1961.

• Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare Romances

  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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  Listen to a classic 1974 BBC production of THE TEMPEST starring Paul Scofield as Prospero and Patrick Stewart as Caliban.

• Tchaikovsky's The Tempest

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  Composed in 1873, Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem was inspired by Shakespeare's play. Listen to a streaming recording performed by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev.

• The Tempest

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  Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation of THE TEMPEST stars Helen Mirren as Propsera, a female version of Prospero, and Felicity Jones as Miranda.

• The Tempest

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  This video is a filmed performance of the acclaimed 2018 production of THE TEMPEST at the Stratford Festival in Canada starring Martha Henry as Prospero, Michael Blake as Caliban and Mamie Zwettler as Miranda.

• That Way Madness Lies

  Fifteen of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined

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  This collection of diverse, nuanced and frequently subversive stories based on the Bard's best known works includes a charming retelling of THE TEMPEST, entitled "Severe Weather Warning," by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka.

• Thomas Adès' The Tempest

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  Based on Shakespeare's play, Adès' opera premiered at the Royal Opera House in London in 2004. Listen to a streaming recording of a 2007 performance at that venue, conducted by Adès. Also available on CD in the Library's collection.

• William Shakespeare's The Tempest

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  Derek Jarman's 1979 film adaptation of the play stars Heathcote Williams as Prospero and Toyah Willcox as Miranda. Stream this classic through Kanopy with your library card and PIN.

• A Brave Vessel

  the True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest

  Woodward, Hobson

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  Drawing on the contemporary narrative by aspiring poet William Stratchey, Hobson provides a fascinating and well-researched account of the 1609 shipwreck of the Sea Venture, which many Shakespeare scholars believe inspired THE TEMPEST.

• Seattle Rep's THE TEMPEST website

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  The powerful Prospero, banished to a magical island by a conniving sibling, bewitches a storm to bring them back together for a final showdown—will it be revenge or reconciliation? Sprites abound, young lovers meet, and mischief is made as two very…Read moreRead more of this annotation