Tempest, The

Synopsis: Video recording with a single, fixed camera, of Tara Arts’ 2007 production of The Tempest directed by Jatinda Verma with Robert Mountford doubling as Prospero/Trinculo.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2 Oct 2007
Duration: 120 mins

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Theatre: Tara Arts Studio
Theatre company: Tara Arts
Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting; Doubling of roles

Notes: An education pack, created by Helen Cadbury, can be downloaded from the Tara Arts website - www.tara-arts.com (accessed 6/2008).
History: Produced by Tara Arts at the Tara Studio 25 September-14 October 2007 and then on UK tour.
Stills: `At this stage in the design process, we are looking at
a general Moorish world - Muslim Mediterranean and
Middle Eastern - as far as Oman and Yemen - a world
of nomads and settlers, corresponding perhaps to
our world of migration, where Caliban is a settler,
while Prospero and the rest remain migrants, on the
move’. [Notes from Claudia Mayer on the Tara Arts website].

British Universities Film & Video Council