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Tempest (The)
- Director: Derek Jarman
- Writer: Derek Jarman; William Shakespeare
- Producer: Don Boyd; Guy Ford
CGiii Comment
It's Jarman...
Expect Jarman and you won't be disappointed.
For Jarman enthusiasts only.
Shakespeare is not exactly accessible to everyone - strike 1.
Give it to Jarman - strike 2.
Let liberties be taken with characterisation and story and - strike 3.
It was over before it even started.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
Cast & Characters
Peter Bull as Alonso, the King of Naples;
David Meyer as Ferdinand, his son;
Neil Cunningham as Sebastian, his brother;
Heathcote Williams as Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan;
Toyah Willcox as Miranda, his daughter;
Richard Warwick as Antonio, his brother;
Karl Johnson as Ariel, an airy spirit;
Jack Birkett as Caliban, a savage and deformed slave;
Christopher Biggins as Stephano, a drunken mariner;
Peter Turner as Trinculo, his friend;
Ken Campbell as Gonzalo, an honest councillor;
Elisabeth Welch as A Goddess;
Claire Davenport as Sycorax;
Kate Temple as Young Miranda;
Helen Wellington-Lloyd as A Spirit