The Tempest: A Guide to the Text and its Theatrical Life Trevor R. Griffiths How might the storm be staged for a performance of The tempest? What do Caliban and Ariel look like? How might the speaking of significantly placed lines potentially affect our enjoyment of the play? The extended commentary at the heart of this Handbook helps readers to see and hear The tempest as they read, and explore its theatrical potential in terms of such staging challenges. The Handbook also includes: * quotations form original documents and a wide range of responses from later critics that allow the reader direct access to contemporary thought and to developments in critical assessment of the play * coverage of key theatrical interpretations by figures such as Charles Kean, Beerbohm Tree, John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart and Simon Sussell Beale * exploration of major film productions including Forbidden Planet, Prospero's Books and Derek Jarman's Tempest This Handbook is a stimulating resource, as well as an excellent guide to the 'rich and strange' life of one of Shakespeare's most enigmatic plays. Trevor R. Griffiths is Visiting Professor in Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire. Formerly Professor of Theater Studies at London Metropolitan University, he has published widely on drama, ancient and modern, and is co-ordinating editor of the leading academic journal Theatre Notebook.