Prospero
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“He obviously still believes it’s a special place,” said Franklin, co-founder of Prospero Wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Sir Richard says Sir Kenneth is playing Prospero because he's a "brilliant actor, who brings extensive experience of Shakespeare and of creating theatre and film. He'll bring great authority and gravitas to the part".
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
But Prospero is jolted into an awareness that Caliban and his confederates are plotting “a foul conspiracy” against his life, and he abruptly ends the show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
In 2012, Isherwood called him “commandingly grave” in John Patrick Shanley’s play “Storefront Church,” and in 2015, Laura Collins-Hughes described his performance as Prospero in “The Tempest” as “moving” and “understated.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023
She was Prospero and I was Ariel, and when she gave me my last command and said, “Be free, and fare thou well!”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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