Unknown to the hapless souls who are being tossed about on the waves, Prospero, the magician, orchestrates the storm from a cliff off the sea.

Ariel, a spirit and Prospero’s operative, conjures the storm at the command of Prospero.

Act I Scene II

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I beg you to order this tempest to

end!

The sky is so dark that it seems it

would pour down stinking, boiling tar.

Father, if by your magic powers, you

have put the waters in this uproar, calm them!

Father!

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Control yourself. Get

over it. Tell your heart, there’s no

harm done. Oh, if only this day had never happened!

I tell you, there is no harm done.

Oh! I have suffered with those

men that I saw suffer. A brave ship, which had, no doubt, some noble

creatures on her, dashed all

to pieces.

Oh, their cries did break my heart! Poor souls, they have

died!

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A short time ago, it seemed I was

cheated of my life. But a kindhearted wind did roughly put its boot to

me to rescue me from harm.

My wine crate, like a raft

in stormy waters, has floated me

ashore.

If only this gentle wind that

blew me here had also saved the king,

my father.

Our escape from drowning is a miracle. Our

prayers have been answered.

Ferdinand, Alonso’s son, wades onto the shore at a different location on the island.

Stephano, Alonso’s butler, floats up on a different part of the island.

Trinculo, Alonso’s jester, is washed ashore on another part of the island.

Unknown to Prospero’s daughter, Alonso, king of Naples; Gonzalo, Alonso’s counsellor; Antonio, Prospero’s brother; Sebastian, Alonso’s brother; two lords Adrian and Francisco are washed ashore on another part of the island.

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It’s time I should tell you more. Give me a hand to

help me take off my magic cloak.

I never had a thought that

there was more to know.

I have done nothing but for

you, my dear one – you, Miranda, my daughter.

You are ignorant of who you are, because you do not know

my past.

I am more than the Prospero you

see - the master of a poor cave, nothing greater than your

father.

Outside Prospero’s cave.

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When a tempest wrecks the ship of King Alonso of Naples and his entourage in the Mediterranean Sea, the men fi nd safety on a small,

isolated island. The storm was conjured up by the magician Prospero, who lives on the island with his daughter, Miranda; his faithful spirit, Ariel; and his half-human, half-animal slave, Caliban. Why has Prospero brought the

king and the others to the island? What plans does he have for them?

A mixture of tender romance and cruel revenge, The Tempest is considered one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. Although the play, Shakespeare’s last, is fi lled with the supernatural, its message is that real magic lies in the emotions of the human heart: love, loyalty, the desire to be free, remorse, and forgiveness. By the end of the story, the tempest – in

its sense of severe storm and emotional upheaval – has enabled love to blossom, reunited old friends, freed the enslaved, washed away the

sins of evildoers, and calmed the vengeance of a wronged man.