The Tempest (William Shakespeare)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Tempest_(William_Shakespeare)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Forbidden_Planet_(film)
gptkb:The_Tempest_(1979_film)
gptkb:The_Tempest_(2010_film)
gptkb:The_Tempest_(opera_by_Thomas_Adès)
Prospero’s Books (film)
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateWritten 1610–1611
gptkbp:firstPerformed 1611
gptkbp:firstPublished 1623
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
romance
gptkbp:hasTheme forgiveness
freedom
love
revenge
redemption
illusion vs reality
nature vs nurture
servitude
usurpation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
gptkbp:influencedBy Strachey’s account of the 1609 shipwreck of the Sea Venture
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literaryPeriod English Renaissance
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Ariel
gptkb:Caliban
gptkb:Ferdinand
gptkb:Miranda
gptkb:Prospero
gptkb:Alonso
gptkb:Antonio
gptkb:Gonzalo
gptkb:Sebastian
gptkbp:notableQuote We are such stuff as dreams are made on
This rough magic I here abjure
O brave new world, That has such people in’t!
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:partOf Shakespeare’s late romances
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:First_Folio
gptkbp:setting remote island
gptkbp:subject gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:magic
betrayal
forgiveness
power
reconciliation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Tempest_(Frank_Martin)
gptkb:The_Tempest_(Lee_Hoiby)
gptkb:The_Tempest_(Thomas_Adès)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8