The Tempest

By William Shakespeare

Edited by

• Brent Whitted
• Paul Yachnin

Internet Shakespeare Editions

University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Published 2006, updated 2006-05-29

ISBN: 978-1-55058-370-0

General Textual Editor: Eric Rasmussen

Coordinating Editor: Michael Best

Associate Textual Editor: Don Bailey

Research Assistant: Hannah King

Copyright Brent Whitted and Paul Yachnin. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Editors.

Introduction

1. The Tempest: Critical Introduction

The Texts

• The Tempest: List of Characters
• The Tempest (Modern)
• The Tempest (Folio 1, 1623)

Statistics about the text
Explore the character scrolls as used by Shakespeare's actors, find out which actors appear in each scene, and more.

Facsimiles

• First Folio (1623) from Brandeis University Library
• First Folio (1623) from State Library of New South Wales
• Second Folio (1632) from State Library of New South Wales
• Third Folio (1664) from State Library of New South Wales
• Fourth Folio (1685) from State Library of New South Wales

Related Life And Times Pages

• The Tempest
• The unities in The Tempest
• Prospero and Shakespeare
• Caliban and colonization
• The young lovers
• Special effects
• Music and masque

Performances

• Dido, Queen of Carthage (2012, American Shakespeare Center, USA)
• La Tempête (2011, Ex Machina, Canada)
• THE TEMPEST (2011, Marin Shakespeare Company, USA)
• The Tempest (2011, The Old Globe, USA)
• Tempete! (2010, Compagnie Irina Brook, Germany)
• I'll Be The Devil (2008, Royal Shakespeare Company, UK)
• Taming the Tempest (2008, Salisbury Playhouse Company, International)
• The Tempest (2008, Tara Arts, UK)
• The Tempest (2008, Love and Madness, UK)
• The Tempest (2008, Shakespeare 4 Kidz, UK)
• The Tempest (2008, Victoria Shakespeare Society, Canada)
• The Tempest and other Tales of the Sea (2008, York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre, UK)
• Sturm (2007, Burgtheater, Austria)
• The Tempest (2007, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• The Tempest (2007, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, USA)
• The Tempest (2007, Saint John Shakespeare Festival, Canada)
• The Tempest (2007, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• Shakespeare Love Scenes (2006, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Canada)
• The Tempest (2006, The Bell Shakespeare Company, Australia)
• The Tempest (2006, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, USA)
• 73 more performances…

Artifacts

Performance Materials

• audio artifacts (5 artifacts)
• costume design artifacts (1 collection)
• flyer artifacts (1 collection, 1 artifact)
• graphic artifacts (1 artifact)
• magazine artifacts (5 collections)
• other artifacts (1 collection)
• page artifacts (2 artifacts)
• pamphlet artifacts (9 collections, 7 artifacts)
• photograph artifacts (5 artifacts)
• postcard artifacts (5 collections, 1 artifact)
• poster artifacts (9 artifacts)
• press clipping artifacts (1 artifact)
• press release artifacts (1 collection, 3 artifacts)
• production notes artifacts (1 collection, 1 artifact)
• production still artifacts (1 collection, 145 artifacts)
• program artifacts (25 collections)
• review artifacts (13 artifacts)
• script artifacts (1 collection, 2 artifacts)