![]() ![]() ![]() The play offers a reflection on literary creation itself, with Prospero figured as an “author” within the play. Over the course of the 2017-2018 academic year, program participants explored how The Tempest anticipates contemporary debates around colonialism, imperialism, racism, indigeneity, gender, and disability.įirst performed in 1611, The Tempest takes place on a remote island where exiled sorcerer Prospero seeks redemption for himself and his daughter Miranda by orchestrating several encounters between human and supernatural, native and foreign, noble and treacherous characters. The Tempest in Wisconsin connected over 90 teachers and 1500 students throughout the state in the study of William Shakespeare’s last and perhaps most enigmatic play. ![]()
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