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Thursday, June 9, 2022

The Tempest By William Shakespeare FROM VALLEY CENTER STAGE: A ship is caught in a powerful storm, there is terror and confusion on board, and the vessel is shipwrecked. But the storm is a magical creation carried out by the spirit Ariel, and caused by the magic of Prospero, who was the Duke of Milan, before his dukedom was usurped and taken from him by his brother Antonio (aided by Alonso, the King of Naples). That was twelve years ago, when he and his young daughter, Miranda, were set adrift on the sea, and eventually stranded on an island. William Shakespeare’s tragicomedy begins with a magical storm and a shipwreck in the Greek isles. With kings and dukes, spirits and storms, navigate through comic misunderstandings, political plots, assassination attempts, love and magic, all to land with a happily ever after.