Prospero
Americannoun
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The Prospero and Ariel statue has been on display at the BBC since 1933.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
As Weaver's Prospero declaimed "Come forth, I say," Hayley sprang from her seat and rushed the stage with Richard Weir, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tyneside.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
We’ve all been given a shocking lesson in the “baseless fabric of this vision” we call reality but which Prospero recognizes is no more solid than a dream.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
But in this late romance, as Shakespeare critic Anne Barton has pointed out, Prospero remains in character, courteously asking the audience for release from the island so that he can return to his dukedom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
The sealed envelope hangs from the second topmost button of her coat, until Prospero arrives.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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