The Tempest: Home

Aritcle written by Gordon McMullan for the British Library. Includes images.

Martin Butler shows how Renaissance travel, trade and colonisation shaped the portrayal of Caliban and the Italians in The Tempest. From British Library.

2017 performance.

"Trevor Nunn, the legendary director who has helmed 30 of Shakespeare's 37 plays -- and aims to complete them all before he retires -- takes us through the magical and mysterious world created in the playwright's last complete work."

16th century Naples and the Academy of Secrets shaped Shakespeare's play. Francesco da Mosto views the 1589 edition of Della Porta's "Magiae Naturalis." A BBC Production.