{"product_id":"9780241187982","title":"9780241187982","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerformed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the plays in which William Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited with an introduction by Martin Butler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'How many goodly creatures are there here!\u003cbr\u003eHow beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,\u003cbr\u003eThat has such people in't!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA storm rages. Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and drunkenness follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed. They soon begin to realize all is not as it seems, in a play whose magical setting and classical unity of time and place have inspired films as varied as \u003ci\u003eForbidden Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Greenaway's \u003ci\u003eProspero's Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and Julie Taymor's \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Helen Mirren as 'Prospera'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet \u003c\/i\u003e(1595), \u003ci\u003eHenry \u003c\/i\u003eV (1599), \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003e(1601), \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e (1604), \u003ci\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/i\u003e(1606) and \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Shakespeare, coming upon me unawares, struck me like a thunderbolt'\u003cbr\u003eHector Berlioz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078567936240,"sku":"9780241187982","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241187982_p0.jpg?v=1763680118","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241187982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}