Tempest, The

Synopsis

A filmed record (with Beerbohm Tree’s consent) of the opening storm scene from his stage production of The Tempest. Urban’s catalogue describes the scenes thus: ‘This remarkable picture, taken under ordinary conditions of stage lighting during representation, illustrates the great advances in animate photography which the motion camera has rendered possible. The shipwreck with all its intense realism is reproduced with startling detail. The lightnings flash, the billows leap and roll...Three views are given in the film, each from a more distant point as the wreck recedes, and as the film is issued tinted to a suitable weird moonlight colour, the effect is very fine...'

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1905

Availability

Presumed a lost film.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Cast

Basil Gill
J. Fisher White
Lyn Harding
S.A. Cookson
Viola Tree
W.A. Haines

Production Company

Name

Urban Trading Company