Tempest

Shakespeare's final masterpiece is both a spellbinding romance and a profound meditation on power, forgiveness, and the nature of art itself. Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, has spent twelve years on a remote island with his daughter Miranda, banished there by his treacherous brother Antonio. Using sorcery and control over the island's spirits, Prospero orchestrates a tempest that brings his enemies within reach. But as he prepares to exact revenge, his young daughter Miranda meets Ferdinand, the King of Naples's son, and something unexpected begins to bloom. The wizard must choose between vengeance and mercy, between the power that has sustained him and the forgiveness that might set him free. At once a story of colonialism and captivity, of spirits and sorcery, of fathers and daughters, "The Tempest" is Shakespeare's valedictory masterpiece, a play about the magic of theater and the terrible, beautiful burden of letting go. It has been read and performed for four centuries, and each generation finds something new in its waters.