The Tempest, I, 2
1 aprile 2008
Microstruttura I, 2• La scena è divisibile in 4 momenti ben distinti
– 1) Il racconto di Prospero a Miranda (vv 1-188)• Importanza dei concetti di memoria e ricordo, vv. 38; 44; 46; 51.
– 2) Dialogo tra Prospero e Ariel (vv. 189-306)• Altri eventi del passato vengono rivelati, questa volta relativa al periodo
successivo all’arrivo di Prospero e Miranda sull’isola.
– 3) Colloquio tra Prospero, Miranda e Caliban (vv. 307-377)• Altri eventi del passato, e natura del rapporto “padrone-schiavo”
– 4) Songs di Ariel per incantare Ferdinand (vv. 378-407) e successivo incontro tra Ferdinand e Miranda (vv. 408-504)
• Temi della memoria, dell’oblio e della morte
• Tema del Sea-Change
• Amore tra i due giovani, come parte del piano di Prospero
poi però gli sfuggirà dalle mani
The Tempest I, 1 – La tempesta
George Romney
The Tempest(c.1790)
[Engraving from
Boydell's Shakespeare
Gallery. The original,
17.25 x 23.25 inches, is
now owned by the
Bolton Art Gallery]
La “Miranda” di Romney
George RomneyEmma Hart as Miranda
(1785-86)oil on canvas,
14 x 15.5 inches[Philadelphia Museum of Art]
MirandaGoodall, Frederick 'Oh the cry did knock against my very heart‘
(Exhibited in 1888)
Sir Frank Dicksee - Miranda (1878)
Watching the tempest
John William Waterhouse Miranda (1875)
John William WaterhouseMiranda (1916)
Miranda watching the shipwreck
Calibannel XVIII secolo
• A detail from William Hogarth's painting Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest, depicting Caliban carrying a load of wood
Herbert Beerbhom-Tree(17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917)
• Herbert Beerbohm Tree wore fur and seaweed to pay Caliban, with waist-length hair and apelike bearing, suggestive of a primitive part-animal part-human stage of evolution.
• This "missing-link" portrayal of Caliban became the norm in productions until Roger Livesey, in 1934, was the first actor to play the role with black makeup.
Sir Frank Benson (1858-1939)
1900.F. R. Benson played Caliban
in The Tempestfrom April 5 to April 28
(23 performances)at the Lyceum Theatre
(London).Mrs. Benson played Miranda,
Frank Rodney played Ferdinand,
and Alfred Brydone took the part of Prospero.
Kitty Loftis played Ariel (Wearing, 1900-09, I, 17)
The Tempest, I, 2
(Michael Benthall, 1952)
designed by Loudon Sainthill.
Prospero (Ralph Richardson, left) and Miranda (Zena Walker, second left) quarreling with an indignant Caliban (Michael Hordern, right).
The Tempest, I, 2 (Michael Benthall, 1952)
designed by
Loudon Sainthill
Caliban
(Michael Hordern)
The Tempest, I,2 (Peter Brook, 1957)
Caliban(Alec Clunes, left)cowering before
Prospero(John Gielgud)
The Tempest, I,2(Ron Daniels, 1982; designed by Maria Bjornson)
Caliban (Bob Peck).
The Tempest, I,2 (Nicholas Hytner, 1988)designed by David Fielding)
Prospero (John Wood, left) and Caliban (John Kane, right)
The Tempest, I, 2(Sam Mendes, 1993; designed by Anthony Ward).
Miranda (Sarah Woodward, centre) reminding Caliban (David Troughton, right) that he attacked her.
Prospero (Alec McCowen, left) looks on.
The Tempest, I, 2(Sam Mendes, 1993; designed by Anthony Ward).
Prospero (Alec McCowen, left) promising to punish the insubordinate Caliban (David Troughton, right).
The Tempest, I, 2
(Michael Boyd, 2002)
designed by
Tom Piper.
Geff Francis as Caliban in rehearsal.