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Tempest by William Shakespeare
24 May 2019 @ 20:30 - 1 June 2019 @ 22:00
The Teatro dell’Orologio company in a show by Leonardo Ferrari Carissimi
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, a complex and contradictory character, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants — Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an airy spirit. The play contains music and songs that evoke the spirit of enchantment on the island. It explores many themes including magic, betrayal, revenge, and family. In act four, a wedding masque serves as a play-within-the play, and contributes spectacle, allegory, and elevated language. Though The Tempest is listed in the First Folio as the first of Shakespeare’s comedies, it deals with both tragic and comic themes, and modern criticism has created a category of romance for this and others of Shakespeare’s late plays. The Tempest has been subjected to varied interpretations—from those that see it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero representing Shakespeare, and Prospero’s renunciation of magic signaling Shakespeare’s farewell to the stage, to interpretations that consider it an allegory of European man colonizing foreign lands.
Tour dates:
Friday, may 24th
Saturday, May 25th
Saturday, June 1st
All replicas will start at 20.30. Free admission with mandatory booking: lacittaideale@gmail.com
Translation, adaptation and direction by Leonardo Ferrari Carissimi
with Annachiara Benedetto, Matteo Cirillo, Jasmine De Maria, Alessandro Di Somma, Maria Carla Generali, Susanna Laurenti, Andrea Mastrotto, Diego Migeni, Simone Musitano, Victor Rodrigues da Veiga, Benedetta Russo, Enrico Torzillo, Michele Traverso, Riccardo Viola, Pietro Maria Virdis.
Scenery and stage costumes by Alessandra Muschella
Assistant director Giulia Nervi
Scenery and stage costumes assistant Chiara Titone
Organization Gianni Parrella
CommunicationE45
Progetto Goldstein production