2006 Season - Genesius Guild

Shakespeare: “The Tempest”

The guild’s first dramatic offering is also Shakespeare’s last complete work: “The Tempest.” The action takes place on an enchanted island to which Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, draws all his enemies by way of a storm at sea.

The romantic and comic adventures of the voyagers, the actions of the creatures who serve Prospero: Caliban, “half man, half-fish” and Ariel, a spirit of pure imagination; the dawning love of Prospero’s daughter, Miranda; and Prospero’s journey from revenge to forgiveness constitute a fantasy at once amusing and inspiring. This is the fourth time the guild has staged the work.