William Shakespeare's:  The Tempest

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Prospero causes the spirit to shipwreck Antonio, his accomplice Alonso, the King of Naples and Alonso's son Ferdinand and his brother Sebastian onto the island. 

Miranda, now a young lady and never having seen a man (save her father) falls in love with Ferdinand as he searches the island for his father and the others thinking they have been lost with the ship at sea. 

In a comic subplot, Prospero's half human slave Caliban and Trinculo and Stephano, two drunken survivors of the shipwreck, plan to take over the island but are thwarted by Prospero's magic and their own greed and stupidity.

The Renaissance Theatre is a small, cozy theatre where you can almost reach out and touch the actors. In this play, actors make many of their entrances and exits from the audience.  It's the closest thing you'll get to live theatre without climbing onstage yourself.

Robertson says that she thinks in writing "The Tempest," Shakespeare was trying to justify his own lifetime pursuit of the arts instead of pursuing a more worldly and productive profession.  

Part 1: Shakespeare's Final Play
Part 2: More Tempest
Part 3:  Final Tempest
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