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 Romney
Emma Hart as Miranda
(1785-86)
oil on canvas,
14 x 15.5 inches
[Philadelphia Museum of Art]
Goodall, Frederick
'Oh the cry did knock against my very heart‘
(Exhibited in 1888)
Miranda
Sir Frank Dicksee - Miranda (1878)
Watching the
tempest
John William Waterhouse
Miranda (1916)
Miranda watching the shipwreck
John William Waterhouse
Miranda (1875)
Caliban
nel 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 waistlength 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 Tempest
from 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.