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  Tempest, The

  noun

  a comedy (1611) by Shakespeare.
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  The Tempest

  A play by William Shakespeare, sometimes called a comedy but also called a romance — that is, a work involving mysterious happenings in an exotic place. The central character is Prospero, a duke who has been overthrown and banished to an island. As a sage and magician, he rules the spirits who inhabit the island. When the men who overthrew Prospero pass near the island on an ocean voyage, he raises a tempest, wrecks their ship, and causes them to be washed ashore. In the end, they give back to Prospero his former authority, and he gives up his magic.

Tempest, The

American  

noun

1. a comedy (1611) by Shakespeare.

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The Tempest Cultural  

1. A play by William Shakespeare, sometimes called a comedy but also called a romance — that is, a work involving mysterious happenings in an exotic place. The central character is Prospero, a duke who has been overthrown and banished to an island. As a sage and magician, he rules the spirits who inhabit the island. When the men who overthrew Prospero pass near the island on an ocean voyage, he raises a tempest, wrecks their ship, and causes them to be washed ashore. In the end, they give back to Prospero his former authority, and he gives up his magic.

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Prospero's daughter, on first seeing a handsome young man, says, “O brave new world!” a phrase that is often quoted.

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The new theatre will seat about 320 and will mean plays such as The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Pericles and Cymbeline can be performed in the type of space they were written for.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2011

Mars Tempest: The red planet passed its best visibility only a month ago and still offers great views for backyard telescope users.

From National Geographic

What is as indestructible as these: "The Tempest," "The Winter's Tale," "Julius Cæsar," "Coriolanus"?

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Hubbard, Elbert

Tempest, The, Shakespeare, i, 317; Dore's illustrations of, iv, 338.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

Tasso, 27 Télémaque, 30, 32, 562 Tempest, The, 15, 108 Tennyson, 7, 96, 184, 420 note, 486, 556 Tentation de Saint-Antoine, La, 405 sq.,

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George