Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | The Tempest

The Tempest

The Tempest presented in puppet animation with text abridged by Leon Garfield; with the voices of Martin Jarvis, Timothy West, Kathy Behan, Alun Armstrong, Jonathan Tafler, Stephen Thorne, John Moffat, James Greene, Sion Probert, Peter Guiness, Ric Jerron, Ella Hood.

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