
La Tempesta
Summary
"La Tempesta" by William Shakespeare is a play written in 1610–1611. On a remote island, the magician Prospero lives in exile with his daughter Miranda and his servants—the monster Caliban and the spirit Ariel. When a ship carrying his treacherous brother passes nearby, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks it, scattering the survivors across the island. He then sets in motion an elaborate plan involving magic, romance, and revenge that will determine everyone's fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Rights & provenance
Public domain in the USA.
EU distribution not verified
Subjects (12)
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Magicians -- Drama
- PR
- Tragicomedy
- Shipwreck victims -- Drama
- Fathers and daughters -- Drama
- Political refugees -- Drama
- Islands -- Drama
- Spirits -- Drama
- IT Teatro in prosa


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