RSC Live: The Tempest

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.

Cast

Simon Russell Beale

Prospero

Mark Quartley

Ariel

Joe Dixon

Caliban

Jenny Rainsford

Miranda

Daniel Easton

Ferdinand

James Tucker

Alonso

Tony Jayawardena

Stephano

Simon Trinder

Trinculo

Oscar Pearce

Antonio

Tom Turner

Sebastian

Crew

Gregory Doran

Director

William Shakespeare

Author

Pete Griffin

Production Manager

Kevin Fitzmaurice

Producer

Paul Englishby

Music

Stephen Brimson Lewis

Production Design

Sarah Ellis

Producer

Ed Parry

Costume Supervisor

Bruce O'Neil

Music Director

Jeremy Dunn

Sound