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The Tempest

Closing: October 29, 2011

The Tempest - 2011 West End History , Info & More

Theatre Royal Haymarket
18 Suffolk Street London SW1Y 4HT London

Trevor Nunn directs Ralph Fiennes in William Shakespeare's The Tempest as the third production of his electrifying season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Almost certainly Shakespeare’s last play, The Tempest can lay claim to being the first ever work of magic realism.

Marooned and left to die on a remote island, Prospero can command spirits, create apparitions and manipulate the elements. By using his magic, he assembles his enemies to take revenge on them, and in the process awakens in Miranda, his teenage daughter, her first experience of love. The theme of reconciliation gives immense emotional force to Shakespeare’s farewell to the stage.


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The Tempest History

Other Productions of The Tempest

1910   Broadway
Broadway
1916   Broadway
Broadway
1945   Broadway
Broadway
1945   Broadway
Broadway
1974   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
1981   Off-Broadway
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1989   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
1991   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
1995   Off-Broadway
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1995   Broadway
Broadway
2008   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
2011   West End Theatre Royal Haymarket Company Production
West End
2015   Off-Broadway Shakespeare in the Park Production
Off-Broadway
2018   West End Iris Theatre's production
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2019   Off-Broadway The Public Theater Mobile Unit Production
Off-Broadway
2024   West End
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2026   West End
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