“The Tempest” encourages theater artists to go wild. The fantasy element of this late romance by William Shakespeare rejects literal-mindedness. Realism would be laughable when dealing with a play set ...

On a remote island, an exiled Duke prepares to perform his swansong, his great act of revenge. Kenneth Branagh takes the role ...

Sigourney Weaver‘s West End production of The Tempest was disrupted by climate crisis protesters on Monday night. Just Stop Oil activists took to the stage and unfurled a sign saying “Over 1.5 Degrees ...

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Kenneth Branagh is a master of the Shakespearean stage but things haven’t always gone swimmingly for the Oscar-winning star of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) upcoming version of The Tempest.

Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest, reiterates many of his great themes around family strife, conflict and ultimately forgiveness and reconciliation. The exiled Duchess of Milan, Prospera, finds ...