THE TEMPEST
Seattle Rep presents THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare. Adaptation, music & new lyrics by Todd Almond and conceived by Lear deBessonet. Playing from August 25 to 27, 2023. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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The Tempest
The script of THE TEMPEST, for your reading pleasure.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Hag-seed
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.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Miranda and Caliban
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.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Miranda in Milan
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.
Format: Book
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Forbidden Planet
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.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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Prospero's Daughter
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.
Format: eBook
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Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare Romances
Listen to a classic 1974 BBC production of THE TEMPEST starring Paul Scofield as Prospero and Patrick Stewart as Caliban.
Format: Downloadable Audiobook
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Tchaikovsky's The Tempest
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.
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The Tempest
Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation of THE TEMPEST stars Helen Mirren as Propsera, a female version of Prospero, and Felicity Jones as Miranda.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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The Tempest
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.
Format: Streaming Video
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