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    The Tempest
    The Tempest
    The Tempest
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    The Tempest

    By William Shakespeare

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    William Shakespeare is almost universally considered the English language's most famous and greatest writer. In fact, the only people who might dispute that are those who think he didn't write the surviving 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems still attributed to him. Even people who never get around to reading his works in class are instantly familiar with titles like King Lear, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo & Shakespeare.


    The Tempest is believed to be one of Shakespeare's last plays, or at least the last he wrote alone.  It is a tragicomedy that tells the story of the Duke of Milan, who is stuck on a remote island while plotting to return his family to its rightful place on the throne.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateDec 7, 2015
    ISBN9781518328619
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

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      The Tempest - William Shakespeare

      THE TEMPEST

      ..................

      William Shakespeare

      MASQUERADE PRESS

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      This book is a work of nonfiction and is intended to be factually accurate.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2015 by William Shakespeare

      Interior design by Pronoun

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      The Tempest

      Characters of the Play

      Act I

      Scene I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

      Scene II. The island. Before Prospero’s cell.

      Act II

      Scene I. Another part of the island.

      Scene II. Another part of the island.

      Act III

      Scene I. Before Prospero’s Cell.

      Scene II. Another part of the island.

      Scene III. Another part of the island.

      Act IV

      Scene I. Before Prospero’s cell.

      Act V

      Scene I. Before Prospero’s cell.

      Epilogue

      The Tempest

      By

      William Shakespeare

      The Tempest

      Published by Masquerade Press

      New York City, NY

      First published 1611

      Copyright © Masquerade Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Masquerade Press

      Masquerade Press publishes the greatest dramas ever written and performed, from the Ancient Greek playwrights to icons like Shakespeare and modern poets like Oscar Wilde.

      THE TEMPEST

      ..................

      CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY

      ..................

      Alonso, King of Naples.

      Sebastian, his brother.

      Prospero, the right Duke of Milan.

      Antonio, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan.

      Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples.

      Gonzalo, an honest old counsellor.

      Lords.

      Adrian.

      Francisco.

      Caliban, a savage and deformed slave.

      Trinculo, a jester.

      Stephano, a drunken butler.

      Master Of A Ship.

      Boatswain.

      Mariners.

      Miranda, daughter to Prospero.

      Ariel, an airy spirit.

      Spirits.

      Iris.

      Ceres.

      Juno.

      Nymphs.

      Reapers.

      Other Spirits attending on Prospero.

      Scene: A ship at sea; afterwards an uninhabited island.

      ACT I

      ..................

      SCENE I. ON A SHIP AT SEA: A TEMPESTUOUS NOISE OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING HEARD.

      ..................

      Enter a Master and a Boatswain

      Master

      Boatswain!

      Boatswain

      Here, master: what cheer?

      Master

      Good, speak to the mariners: fall to’t, yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir.

      Exit

      Enter Mariners

      Boatswain

      Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the master’s whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough!

      Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, and others

      Alonso

      Good boatswain, have care. Where’s the master?

      Play the men.

      Boatswain

      I pray now, keep below.

      Antonio

      Where is the master, boatswain?

      Boatswain

      Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the storm.

      Gonzalo

      Nay, good, be patient.

      Boatswain

      When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.

      Gonzalo

      Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.

      Boatswain

      None that I more love than myself. You are a counsellor; if you can command these elements to silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly, good hearts! Out of our way, I say.

      Exit

      Gonzalo

      I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable.

      Exeunt

      Re-enter Boatswain

      Boatswain

      Down with the topmast! yare! lower, lower! Bring her to try with main-course.

      A cry within

      A plague upon this howling! they are louder than the weather or our office.

      Re-enter Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo

      Yet again! what do you here? Shall we give o’er and drown? Have you a mind to sink?

      Sebastian

      A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

      Boatswain

      Work you then.

      Antonio

      Hang, cur! hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker!

      We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.

      Gonzalo

      I’ll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench.

      Boatswain

      Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses off to sea again; lay her off.

      Enter Mariners wet

      Mariners

      All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost!

      Boatswain

      What, must our mouths be cold?

      Gonzalo

      The king and prince at prayers! let’s assist them,

      For our case is as theirs.

      Sebastian

      I’m out of patience.

      Antonio

      We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards:

      This wide-chapp’d

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