The Tempest

Plot

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies ... read more

  • Derek Jarman

    Director

  • William Shakespeare

    Theatre Play

  • Derek Jarman

    Writer

  • Peter Middleton

    Director of Photography

  • Lesley Walker

    Editor

  • Peter Bull

    Alonso, the King of Naples

  • David Meyer

    Ferdinand, his son

  • Neil Cunningham

    Sebastian, his brother

  • Heathcote Williams

    Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan

  • Toyah Willcox

    Miranda, his daughter

  • Richard Warwick

    Antonio, his brother

  • Karl Johnson

    Ariel, an airy spirit

  • Jack Birkett

    Caliban, a savage and deformed slave

  • Christopher Biggins

    Stephano, a drunken mariner

  • Peter Turner

    Trinculo, his friend

  • Ken Campbell

    Gonzalo, an honest councillor

  • Elisabeth Welch

    A Goddess

  • Claire Davenport

    Sycorax

  • Kate Temple

    Young Miranda

  • Helen Wellington-Lloyd

    A Spirit

  • Angela Whittingham

    A Spirit

  • Runtime

    95 minutes

    Released

    1979-09-13

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Boyd's Company

    Sound

  • Brian Hodgson

    Music

  • John Lewis

    Music

  • Updated

    435 days ago

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