The Tempest is one of Shakespeare´s most suggestive, yet most elusive plays. It is a magical romance, yet deeply embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. This edition attends to the implications of Prospero´s magic, his political and paternal ambitions, and the controversial issue of his \"colonialist\" control of Caliban. The Tempest was also Shakespeare´s response to the new opportunities offered by the Blackfriars theater, and careful attention is accordingly given to the play´s dramatic form, stage-craft, and use of music and spectacle, to demonstrate its uniquely experimental nature.
