| Orgel | ‘Repentance in the Tempest is a largely underachieved goal’ |
| Sir Peter Hall | ‘The most blasphemous play that Shakespeare ever wrote’ |
| Taylor Sharpe | ‘Every character is driven by an internal cry for freedom’ |
| Riches.A (P) | ‘His forgiveness of others is universal and unconditional’ |
| Hebron. M (P) | ‘His aim is to bring his enemies to realise their evil actions’ |
| Dr Roy Booth (P) | ‘Prospero is in control of his magic’ |
| Neil Bowen (P) | ‘A subtle but arch Machiavellian.. using his daughter as part of his political game’ |
| Kozinksy (P) | ‘Prospero is a selfish and vengeful character’ |
| Westlund (P) | ‘Prospero is a deeply subjective character’ |
| Todd (M) | ‘Miranda’s outward beauty is a reflection of her inner merit’ |
| Tanner (M) | ‘Miranda’s pity must be innate- there’s no one to teach her it’ |
| David Sundelson (M) | ‘Prospero surrenders to Ferdinand the pleasure of possessing Miranda’ |
| Mike Brett (M) | ‘Miranda is not afraid to begin an engagement with Ferdinand without Prospero’s permission”Miranda’s apparent freedom is illusory.. all of her actions are secretly approved of’ |
| Findlay.A (M) | ‘Her innocence recalls pre-lapsarian equality”Her quest for knowledge leads to an image of harmony and reconcilliation’ |
| Kermode (M) | ‘Miranda is inexperienced by not naive’ |
| Nancy Meckler (M) | ‘Miranda’s the catalyst of the story’ |
| Cicily Berry (C) | ‘Caliban is ‘the other’ and Prospero has power over him’ |
| Rex Gibson (C) | ‘Caliban is brutish and evil by nature’ |
| David Lindely (C) | ‘The relationship between Caliban and Prospero deteriorates into one of rebellion and domination’ |
| Michael O’Toole (C) | ‘Rebellious and accusatory attitude’ |
| Coleridge (C) | Caliban is displayed as a ‘noble being’ |
| Kermode (C) | ‘Caliban is the core of the play’ |
| Nuttal (C) | ‘Caliban is not innocent’ |
| Laming (C) | ‘Caliban contains the seed of revolt’ |
| Walton Beachaim (A) | Ariel’s ‘only request is for freedom’ |
| Brinda Charry (A) | ‘A slave who’s consciousness of self has been blunted by the promise of freedom’ |
| Barry Beck (A+C) | Ariel is ‘Prospero’s conscious vengeance’ ‘We all need a Caliban and Ariel inside our psyche’ |
| Michael O’Toole (A) | ‘Ariel is content to serve his master only to the extent to which it ensures his future release’ |
| RCS PRODUCTION 2017 (A) | Ariel is an airy spirit and is played as an avatar on a backdrop screen to recreate his dream-likeness |
| GLOBE 2013 (A) Gregory Dorian | ‘Ariel is less airy.. he is more like a normal person’ |
| Coleridge (A) | ‘An elemental spirit robbed of his freedom and tortured by the loss’ |
| Macfarlund (G) | ‘Gonzalo is the speaker of a certain truth’ |
| Robert Langbaum (G) | ‘Gonzalo’s speech sums up the philosophy of tragi-comedy, we lose in order to recover something greater’ |
| Other interpretation (G) | Gonzalo wants the power and authority that Alonso has…. Or he doesn’t want authority at all. |
| Dr Roy Booth (S+T) | Although he is only a ‘dull fool’ Trinculo should wear a jester’s costume. |
| RSC Stratford upon Avon (S+T) | Trinculo wears a clown mask and acts like a clown. |
| Other interpretation (S+T) | When trying to kill Alonso, Steph and Trinc become rough parodies of Ant and Seb- Who are power hungry. |
| Jan Whitehead (S+T) | ‘Stephano and Trinculo provide the comi relief in ‘The Tempest” |
| Goodwin (S+T) | ‘Many audiences believe Steph and Trinc to be less noble than Caliban’ |
| Todd (S+T) | ‘Stephano’s murder plot is based on folly rather than evil’ |
| Tanner (A+S) | ‘The real monsters of the play’ |
| Northrop (A+S) | ‘Sunk in the hallucination of greed’ |
THE TEMPEST AO5
July 22, 2019