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The Tempest, William Shakespeare

by Unknown Author

Age band: 13+

Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 3/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 4/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.

Description

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island.