Synopsis
Continuing James Shapiro's examination of Shakespeare's relevance in a socially polarised United States, he looks at The Tempest against America's current attitude to immigration.
Prefaces to Shakespeare | The Tempest
A personal introduction to The Tempest by actor Michael Hordern, who played Prospero in the BBC TV Shakespeare production. "I would wish an audience watching The Tempest just to let the delight, the language, the music and the magic of it wash over them - to feel the play. Thinking about it is best left till afterwards."
Coast | The Tempest
Neil Oliver performs the lead role in an extract from Shakespeare's The Tempest on the stage of a remarkable coastal amphitheatre near Land's End. Neil discovers how this unique theatre was built thanks to the obsession of one woman determined to stage the bard's famous play in the open air next to the sea at her home in Cornwall.