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| Question | Answer |
| The island is presented as an Arctic wilderness, opening with a shipping forecast and a radio. Caliban is a strong wild-man in shackles and Ariel is a drifting black-robed figure with a ghostly white face | Rupert Goold (2006) |
| Makeshift costumes for Prospero and Miranda with Prospero's staff as a branch of a tree. Courtiers presented as savage, falling on the floor and devouring food of banquet like beasts. | Boyd (2002) |
| Prospero draped in the huge curtains descending from the roof, demonstrating his power. They were coloured in sky-blue and sea-green mirroring the elements. | Noble (1998) |
| Caliban dressed only in a loincloth with manacles on his neck, wrists and ankles, caked all over in mud. Ariel also dressed in a loincloth but without manacles. | Noble (1998) |
| This production emphasised the dominance of Prospero having him permanently present on stage seated at his desk | Thacker (1995) |
| Ariel was played by a woman, a bird-like creature with feathers and face-paint of a Native American Indian | Thacker (1995) |
| Ariel presented as the dominant force. When Prospero affectionately says farewell to him, he spits in his face | Mendes (1993) |
| Miranda presented as unusually rebellious. Prospero is also threatened by Ariel as a spirit, and Caliban is terrifyingly muscular and sharp-taloned | Mendes (1993) |
| Caliban is forced back into his cell by Prospero at the end of this production, indicating that even when Prospero has left the island, he will not be free | Sam Mendes (1993) |
| Caliban portrayed as a rock on stage during Prospero and Miranda's discussions | Hynter (1988) |
| Prospero presented as on the brink of middle age, facing an internal struggle with emotions, motives and desires | Ron Daniels (1982) |
| The date of The Tempest's first recorded performance | 1611, in the presence of King James I |
| The Tempest's performance in 1613 was special because it? | Celebrated the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Frederick (Tempest obviously a popular play) |
| Restoration editions changed the play by...? | Adding more characters with more love matches to satisfy contemporary tastes |
| Caliban's role given more prominence, and the play ended with Caliban creeping out of his cave as the ship bearing Prospero and his companions disappeared onto the horizon. Crouched on a lonely rock, Caliban stretched out his arms in mute despair | Beerbohm Tree (1904) |
| In this production, Ariel was cast as a man for the first time in centuries. From then on it became rare for women to be cast in the role of Ariel, especially in the prettily obliging style that had been previously adhered to | Williams (1930) |
| This production interpreted the play from the perspective of colonisation with two West Indians cast as Ariel and Caliban. Ariel was an educated slave while Caliban was an uneducated field slave | Miller (1970) |
| At the end of this production, when the Europeans left, Ariel picked up Prospero's broken staff and pointed it menacingly at Caliban | Miller (1970) |
| The King of Naples was replaced by Queen Alonsa in this production, who bore an unmistakable resemblance to current Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | Donnellan (1988) Cheek by Jowl |
| At the beginning of this interpretation of the play, Antonio pushed the Boatswain out of the way and grabbed the wheel of the ship, only to be thrown to the ground by the force of the storm, forced to acknowledge that he was unable to control the power that he had usurped | Donnellan (1988) Cheek by Jowl |
| The storm scene takes place in Prospero's study, which remained the permanent set, portraying Prospero's chosen isolation in his library in Milan and his enforced imprisonment on the island | Murray (1922) |
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