Drama on 3 | The Tempest
The Tempest
Shakespeare's The Tempest as part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season, adapted for radio and directed by Jeremy Mortimer. Music written and performed by the Devil's Violin Company.
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- Type: Plays
- Channel: BBC Radio 3
- Duration: 1'57'19''
- Broadcast date: 2012
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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Drama on 3 | The Tempest
Shakespeare's play explores the relationship between humanity and the environment. A Scottish cast, led by Ian McDiarmid as Prospero, in this play of magic, romance and revenge.
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The Tempest (1996)
A full BBC radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. Magically, Prospero creates a storm at sea and causes the ship bearing his enemies to be shipwrecked off southern Ireland, where for 12 years he and his daughter Miranda have been exiled.