play review for Shakespear The Tempest
"The Tempest", a tale of spirits and Kings. A tale of lies and backstabs. The play starts out with a huge wreck of a King's ship, King Alonso. When the survivors finally realize where they are they are put into a trance by Ariel, a magical spirit of Prospero. Prospero is a magician on an enchanted island. This is the island the King's shipwrecked into. He has a daughter named Miranda who he puts to sleep with a magical spell. He did this because Miranda was upset by the wreck and worried for the survivors. Ariel comes to the King to tell him of the entrancement and that he has taken care of Prince Ferdinand, son of King Alonso. Ariel becomes upset and complains about his duties but is reminded by Prospero that he must work to be released of the magical imprisonment of the tree trunk. The deceased witch who used to live on the island cast this imprisonment unto Ariel. Prospero reveals to the then awaken Ariel that he was once the Duke of Milan. He was banished from Milan and sent away with Miranda in a small boat. The reason he was banished was for the study of magic over government. His brother, Antonio, had him thrown off with a little help from King Alonso. While on the boat they ra
Prospero realizes after receiving information from Ariel that his magic has done some very bad things to the cursed people. He decides to have it reversed. He also decides to quit his magic and go back to being the Duke of Milan. When he renounces the magic his victims see him as the Duke. He forgives them for their deeds and they forgive him and acknowledge him as the Duke of Milan. The Duke then tells them about Miranda's engagement to Alonso's son. The King is delighted to see his son alive. The Duke tells them about all of his adventures on the island and calls up one more spell. He tells the wind to blow them back to Milan; sets Ariel free and they lived happily ever after. Gonzalo, one of Prospero's old friends tries to tell King Alonso by telling him that the prince is alive and well. Ariel appears and puts Gonzalo and the King to sleep. While they sleep Antonio and Sebastion, the King's brother, conspire to kill the two sleeping men. Ariel again intervenes and wakes the sleeping men up before Antonio and Sebastion can go through with their plan. " The Tempest" was playing every weekend night for two weeks at Centennial Park. I took in the play Friday, August 22. In my opinion the production of the play was rather poor. First of all I wasn't impressed with the acting, very bland. They didn't make me feel as if I was actually watching the story happen. They made me feel like it was a play put on by actors fighting for a role. I believe a play should put you in the mindset of the story and I'm sorry to say that I wasn't. I would like to make a positive comment on the pre-dinner. It put me back in that time era. A few of the biggest downfalls of the play was probably t
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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