A storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and enchantment follow as the travellers explore this mysterious place of spirits and monsters, and discover that all is not as it seems.
William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in
Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent
dramatist.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham
and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Martin Butler is Professor of English Renaissance Drama at the
University of Leeds.
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