The Tempest
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Opened Mar 16, 2008
Closed Apr 13, 2008
Opened Mar 16, 2008
Closed Apr 13, 2008
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One of Shakespeare's last plays, The Tempest is also one of the shortest and sparest, observing the Classical unities by taking place during a single day in a single place: the island to which Prospero, former Duke of Milan, has miraculously escaped after being usurped by his treacherous brother. In his refuge, Prospero has raised his daughter, Miranda, and continued to study the art of magic, aided by his servants, the "airy spirit" Ariel and the monstrous Caliban. When he is given the opportunity to use his magic to bring those who robbed him of his dukedom to justice, he must choose between forgiveness and revenge.
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The Actors Shakespeare Project's version of The Tempest starts off promisingly with a model ship which, once hoisted aloft, trails a long scarf as in a magician's trick. Grasped by a circle of luffing hands, the silk parachute becomes a sea, and you get a vivid picture of a shipwreck. Alas, such imaginative visual treats from designer David R. Gammons grow scarce as this too-often pedestrian production of the Bard's magical play lumbers on.
Director Patrick Swanson's concept calls for Prospero to be got up like a Victorian illusionist, and Ariel (Marianna Bassham) as his assistant. Stage veteran Alvin Epstein stars as Prospero, and the role doesn't suit him as well as King Lear, his last AS[...]