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The Play

Prospero, cast adrift by his usurping brother Antonio, has landed on an island with only his daughter Miranda, a beast Caliban, and the spirit Ariel for company. By use of his magic art, he raises a storm to shipwreck his enemies and exact his revenge. These enemies are separated on the island. Several stories now intertwine. The plot of Sebastian to usurp Alonso as King. The Drunken Butler and jester Trinculo plot to kill Prospero, encouraged by the beast Caliban. Miranda meets the king's son Ferdinand and they fall in love. Prospero watches and controls all these characters, before finally forgiving his enemies, releasing Ariel and fore-going his powers.

Cast

Prospero (Simon Lucas), Miranda (Bethan Walker), Ferdinand (Barnaby Kellett), Stephano (Lloyd Langford), Trinculo (Nick Richards), Caliban (Matthew Rees), Sebastian (Gareth Rees), Ariel (Mari-Ffion Williams, Suzanne Alkarnaz, Caitlin Evans, Gemma Sexton, Miranda Roszkowski), Alonso (Sam Thomas), Adrian (Chris Davies), Gonzalo (Paul Jewell), Antonio (Andrew Biggs), The Master (Jordan Piles), Boatswain (Gethin Squire), Ceres (Becky Snary), Iris (Jennifer Shakesby), Juno (Lowri O'Connor), Mariners/Spirits/The Masque (Angharad Coleman, Abigail Ede, Mair George-Babi, Emma Griffiths, Lucy John, Gareth Jones, Nadia Kamil, Rhian Matthews, Caryl Morgan, Daniel Moses, Rachel Sanders).

Production Team

Tom James (Stage Manager), Ben Austin, Ryan Dixon, Chris Evans, Tristram Griffiths, Sally James, David Mitchell, Lucy Simmonds, Hilary Statts, James Tamlin, Sian Whomes.

Staff

Directors – Kevin Matherick, Nick Evans.
Choreography – Julie Hobday.
Musical Direction – John Quirk.
Asst.Direction – Meleri Cole, Yvonne Hudd.
Production – Helen Forde, Mark Heycock, Adrian Hocking, Jeff Lewis.

Course Notes

The tenth Shakespearian text to be staged by the company, The Tempest combined physical theatre techniques with the usual approaches to text. The part of Ariel the spirit was split into 5 distinct aspects .