Prospero's Magic Island

ARIEL All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task Ariel and all his quality. I boarded the king's ship; and then divide, And burn in many places; on the topmast, The yards and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly, Then meet and join .   The most mighty Neptune Seem to besiege and make his bold waves tremble, Yea, his dread trident shake. TRINCULO Here's neither bush nor shrub, to save me from the weather.   I know not when the storm comes. Trinculo sees Caliban What have we here? a man or a fish? dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish- like smell .   A strange fish! Maybe not a fish? Legged like a man and his fins like arms! Warm o' my troth! I do now let loose my opinion; hold it no longer: this is no fish, but an islander, that hath l...

For audition prep only Prospero’s Magic Island                       An adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest Characters: Prospero Miranda Caliban Ariel Stephano Ferdinand Juno Ceres Iris Trinculo SCENE I Sounds and sights of a storm at sea.  We see PROSPERO, perched atop a promontory, looking out and controlling the storm. We now make out the silhouettes of a group of mariners on a tempest-tossed ship.  A great sail rises up which catches gusts of wind to keep it full. The mariners wrestle with its lashings trying desperately to keep it in place. More sounds of wind and thunder. The great sail flies up and out as the boat splits.   SCENE II.  We see PROSPERO still seemingly in command of the storm Enter MIRANDA MIRANDA If by your art, my dearest father, you have Created this horrific storm, please sto...