The Tempest: Illustrated by Onésimo Colavidas
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Believed to have been written in 1610–1611, The Tempest is thought to be Shakespeare’s last play, and his most original. In this romantic and magical comedy, a ship is wrecked on an island that is home to the wizard Prospero and his daughter Miranda, the native, Caliban and the spirit, Ariel. The play is about the fate of Prospero and his daughter.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is arguably the most famous playwright to ever live. Born in England, he attended grammar school but did not study at a university. In the 1590s, Shakespeare worked as partner and performer at the London-based acting company, the King’s Men. His earliest plays were Henry VI and Richard III, both based on the historical figures. During his career, Shakespeare produced nearly 40 plays that reached multiple countries and cultures. Some of his most notable titles include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. His acclaimed catalog earned him the title of the world’s greatest dramatist.
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The Tempest - William Shakespeare
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Illustrated by
Onésimo Colavidas
Contents
William Shakespeare
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
ACT I
SCENE I.
SCENE II.
ACT II
SCENE I.
SCENE II.
ACT III
SCENE I.
SCENE II.
SCENE III.
ACT IV
SCENE I.
ACT V
SCENE I.
EPILOGUE
William
Shakespeare
THE TEMPEST
DRAMATIS PERSONAE :
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 counselor
ADRIAN, Lord
FRANCISCO, Lord
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
IRIS, represented by Spirits
CERES, represented by Spirits
JUNO, represented by Spirits
NYMPHS, represented by Spirits
REAPERS, represented by Spirits
DOGS, represented by Spirits
Other Spirits attending on Prospero
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 rascal--would thou mightst lie drowning the washing of ten tides!
GONZALO He'll be hang'd yet, Though every drop of water swear against it and gape at widest to glut him.
A confused noise within: 'Mercy on us!'-- 'We split, we split!'--'Farewell, my wife and children!'-- 'Farewell, brother!'--'We split, we split, we split!'
ANTONIO Let's all sink with the king.
SEBASTIAN Let's take leave of him.
Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN
GONZALO Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death.
Exeunt
SCENE II.
The island. Before PROSPERO'S cell. Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA
MIRANDA "If by your art, my dearest father, you have put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, but that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, dashes the fire out. O, I have suffered with those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, dash'd all to pieces. O, the cry did knock against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish'd. Had I been any god of power, I would have sunk the sea within the