Description
Summary: | "Widely considered to be the last of his solo plays, The Tempest is Shakespeare's final masterpiece, a tale of 'forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment' in which Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, conjures up a storm to lure his perfidious brother to the enchanted island on which he and his daughter Miranda have spent 12 years in exile"--Container.
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Item Description: | Special feature: Cast gallery. Accompanying booklet contains program notes and synopsis in English with French and German translations. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
Format: | DVD-9, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (16:9 anamorphic); Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital surround, double layer disc. |
Production Credits: | Stage director, Jeremy Herrin ; designer, Max Jones ; composer, Stephen Warbeck ; musical director, Rob Millett ; choreographer, Siân Williams ; fight director, Bret Yount ; directed for the screen by Ian Russell ; producers, Lotte Buchan, Helen Hillman ; editor, Steve Eveleigh ; DVD producer, James Whitbourn. |
Participant or Performer: | Roger Allam, Jason Baughan, Jessie Buckley, Sam Cox, Pip Donaghy, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Trevor Fox, James Garnon, Joshua James, William Mannering, Colin Morgan, Matthew Raymond, Sarah Sweeney, Amanda Wilkin. |
Language: | In English with optional English, French, and German subtitles. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, London, August 9 and 14, 2013. |