The Tempest
By John Dilworth Newman
The Tempest is a play that needs 8 to 11 performers (5 women, 3 men, 3 any gender). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 8 to 11 performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 3 men, 3 any gender
- Cast notes
- 3 m, 5 w, 3 flexible (Some male roles have been adapted to female roles.)
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- shakespeare
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
On an enchanted island, a powerful man named Prospero uses his magic to create a tempest to shipwreck his enemies on his shores. Once they are on land, Prospero leads the castaways about with the help of his fairy servant, Ariel, who has long been promised her freedom. The conspiring nobles who once usurped Prospero’s dukedom are haunted by Ariel, and their plot to murder one of their own is thwarted. Meanwhile, one of the castaways, a kind prince, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter. Prosper
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