Souvenir Programme of Shakespeare's Comedy, "the Tempest" (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Souvenir Programme of Shakespeare's Comedy, "the Tempest"Miranda entreats her father to abate the sea-storm. Prospero relates the history of the usurpation of his dukedom by his unnatural brother Antonio. Miranda learns the story of her life and of her almost miraculous escape and pre_ Servation when cruelly abandoned on the sea and left to drift and die. Ariel describes the raising of the tempest, the shipwreck of the Neapolitan ¿eet, the rescuing of the King of Naples and his suite, and their. Distribution in various. Groups about'the island. Ariel complains of his condition of servitude, and receives promise of his freedom. Reappearance of Ariel in the form of a water nymph. Caliban curses his master, Prospero, and IS threatened with punishment. Ferdinand is attracted by music from Ariel s unseen hand. He follows it, and isled from a remote part of the island to Prospero's cave. He meets Pros pero and Miranda. She marvels at him, and he is instantly made captive by her charms. Prospero observes their magnetic attachment and fearing that Miranda may be quickly forgotten if she is too easily won, at once places obsta cles between them by accusing Ferdinand of being a spy and promising him severe punishment. Both Ferdinand's remonstrances and Miranda's pleading are in vain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.