Tempest, The

Synopsis: Video recording of John Hirsch’s production of The Tempest for the 1982 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Len Cariou as Prospero.
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 9 Jun 1982

Director

John Hirsch

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Stanley Silverman

Production Design

Desmond Heeley

Costume

Desmond Heeley

Cast

Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival

History: The production was filmed for television and shown on CBC 20 February 1983 and later released on video and dvd. This DVD is catalogued separately.
Reviews: Berry, Ralph. Shakespeare Quarterly 34 (1983):93-96 (in review article). Berry writes `... Here I detect a change in the directors’ perception of The
Tempest. The dark centre of the play used to be
Caliban, and his relationship with Prospero one
of great tension. Ariels were fey and peripheral.
Nowadays, directors have gone off Caliban: I
suspect that they are bored with symbols of colonial oppression, and have rung all the changes
they can on Red Indians and Rastafarians...'

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