 Event |
The Tempest
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| Venue |
Everglades Gardens, Leura, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
The Leura Shakespeare Festival |
| First Date |
5 January 2013 |
| Opening Date |
20 January 2013 |
| Last Date |
5 January 2013 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
We may never know whether this was the last complete play written by Shakespeare. Oxford University Professor Emma Smith suggests that this persistent belief is rooted in our wish to make the play represent Shakespeare’s farewell to the stage. A romantic notion which comes with dangerous baggage: that of reading the character of Prospero as Shakespeare and the story we are watching as one he is writing. This is, I have come to believe, the quickest way to destroy the drama in The Tempest and to mute a play which ought to roar like a storm. |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Theatre
Performance
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Production Company |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
105638 |
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