The Tempest at Columbus Civic Theater

Set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, The Tempest uses heightened language to create illusion, setting, and the manipulation of people to power forth Shakespeare's sweetest swan song. The titular tempest brings to the island Prospero's usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.