THE TEMPEST

Name: THE TEMPEST
Start: 2007-02-22T00:00:00
End: 2007-03-24T23:59:00
Location: Novello Theatre

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Run Dates

2007.02.22 ~ 2007.03.24

Novello Theatre

West End Premiere

2006.11.21 ~ 2006.11.25

Newcastle Theatre Royal

2006.11.01 ~ 2006.11.12

Power Centre for Performing Arts

US Premiere

2006.07.27 ~ 2006.10.12

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World Premiere

About the show

Director Rupert Goold created an Arctic wilderness island with mariners in oilskins. The play opened with a shipping forecast and a gauze showing a radio. Through the radio's speaker, the audience glimpsed the last moments on-board before the shipwrecking. Projections of waves on moving curtains created atmospheric scene changes. Patrick Stewart's Prospero wore furs and had delicate tattooed patterns running across his head, inspired by traditional Inuit designs. Caliban (John Light) was a strong wild-man in shackles and Ariel (Julian Bleach) was a drifting black-robed figure with a ghostly white face. Ariel first appeared as a head emerging from a barrel in Prospero's log-cabin cell, and he later emerged from a whale carcass, dripping blood and bones.

Details

CAST Patrick Stewart – Prospero Mariah Gale – Miranda Julian Bleach – Ariel John Light – Caliban Ken Bones – Antonio Finbar Lynch – Alonso Nick Court – Ferdinand John Hopkins – Sebastian James Hayes – Gonzalo Craig Gazey – Trinculo Joseph Alessi – Stephano Chris Jarman – Adrian Edmund Kingsley – Francisco Paul Barnhill – Boatswain Allyson Brown – Goddess Golda Rosheuvel – Goddess Emma Jay Thomas – Goddess Ravi Aujla – Mariner Rob Carroll – Mariner Luke Neal – Mariner David Rubin – Mariner CREATIVE TEAM Playwright – William Shakespeare Director – Rupert Goold Set Designer – Giles Cadle Costume Designer – Nicky Gillibrand Light Designer – Paul Anderson Music and Sound – Adam Cork Movement – Michael Ashcroft Video Designer – Lorna Heavey production photo Manuel Harlan © RSC