The Tempest

The Tempest (1979)

DramaFantasy

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.

Director: Derek Jarman

Casts

	Heathcote Williams as Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan
	Toyah Willcox as Miranda, his daughter
	Karl Johnson as Ariel, an airy spirit
	Jack Birkett as Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
	Peter Bull as Alonso, the King of Naples
	David Meyer as Ferdinand, his son
	Neil Cunningham as Sebastian, his brother
	Richard Warwick as Antonio, his brother
	Christopher Biggins as Stephano, a drunken mariner
	Peter Turner as Trinculo, his friend
	Ken Campbell as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
	Elisabeth Welch as A Goddess
	Claire Davenport as Sycorax
	Kate Temple as Young Miranda
	Helen Wellington-Lloyd as A Spirit
	Angela Whittingham as A Spirit

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