tempest plays

Question 1

1667 Dryden

Answer 1

restoration audience
held a special appeal to elite

Question 2

1674 Shadwell

Answer 2

operatic elements added
elaborate effects

Question 3

1838 Macready

Answer 3

storm scene and masque had become fixed theatrical traditions
Caliban more monstrous than comic

Question 4

1873 Wilson

Answer 4

Caliban = missing link
Darwinian realisation of the link between men and apes
sympathises with caliban
Frank Benson watched monkeys to prepare for role

Question 5

1904 Beerbohm

Answer 5

Caliban = ape fascinated with music of the island
Prospero burdened with task of civilising a native servant monster
native intellectually inferior

Question 6

1930s Cesaire

Answer 6

rewritten from Caliban’s pov
plight of african slaves from Martinique
Ariel is mulatto slave

Question 7

1932 Dover essay

Answer 7

reflects shakespeare’s retirement
found happiness in miranda reflecting rel of shakespeare and his daughter

Question 8

1936 Murry essay

Answer 8

most symbolic of shakespeare’s plays
P = imaginative paradigm of shakespeare
shakespeares self-awareness at the end of his career

Question 9

Mannoni 1950

Answer 9

play used to explain psychological causes and effects of colonialisation

Question 10

1970 Mermaid theatre

Answer 10

perspective of colonialism
ariel planning to take control when colonialists left
ariel educated slave, caliban uneducated
ariel picks up Ps broken staff and threatens Caliban

Question 11

1978 Strehler

Answer 11

prospero stage manager
metaphor for the theatre
blue sheets to represent sea + sound and lighting effects
clipping ariels wings sets him free

Question 12

1979 Jarman film

Answer 12

P perversely enjoy his enslavement of ariel

Question 13

1982 Mazursky film

Answer 13

Greek island
Caliban = local goatherd = always connected to land
storm scene = metaphor for tormented state of mind

Question 14

1984 Cobb essay

Answer 14

caliban and ariel part of P’s own nature
ariel = embodiment of magicians desire for reconciliation
Ferdinand and Mirandas relationship symobolic of synthesis of opposities
at end of play P enters a new relationship with the feminine, emotional part of his personality

Question 15

1993 Mendes production

Answer 15

Ariel control island and P imposing
ariel equal to P
trinculo = ventriloquist
ariel gets angry when made aware of slave status , spits in Ps face
tomboy miranda

Question 16

1997 Beier production

Answer 16

all actors spoke different languages

Question 17

1998 Noble production

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freudian interpretation
ariel and caliban elements of P’s subconcious
ariel in white paint
caliban in black slime

Question 18

2002 RSC

Answer 18

very colonialism and race based and focused

Question 19

2010 Taymor film

Answer 19

Prospero as girl - Prospera
‘comment on women’s empowerment’
right wing feminist position - links masculine sexualisation of women with a moral corruption

Question 20

2011 play USA

Answer 20

banned from classrooms in arizona
to avoid discussions of colonisation, race..

Question 21

2013 Herrin play at Globe

Answer 21

shows Propsero on a platform

Question 22

2017 RSC

Answer 22

miranda angry
lots of lighting
trinculo interacts with audience

Question 23

humanism beliefs and where seen?

Answer 23

man takes centre stage
man in centre not God

Question 24

modern humanism beliefs

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seeing world as a natural place
advocate for compassion and fairness

Question 25

neoplatonism

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Plato’s philosophy
single cause they consider divine
didn’t like idea of changing world - Prospero trying to return to position
world could be perfect but never is - scenes alternate between disruption and harmony

Question 26

erasmus

Answer 26

humanist philosopher
influenced shakespeare

Question 27

2023 Freestone

Answer 27

Prospero = woman
island covered in litter to talk about the effects of humanity on environment

Question 28

farr 2012

Answer 28

ariel dressed identically to Prospero
sebastian played as a woman, seems more scheming that bloodthirsty and contrasts all of the other male noblemen
modern day business constume, suits and heels …, except caliban in dirty vest

Question 29

goold 2006

Answer 29

set in artic
costume reflects inuit populations
ariel at end depicted emerging from whale carcuss dripping in blood - responsible for terror??

Question 30

daniels 1982

Answer 30

Prospero = renaissance magus
magician aware of natural world and innate human ideas
idea of good white witch and bad black witch
sycorax