In Julie Taymor's version
of 'The Tempest,' the main character is now a woman named Prospera.
Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical
arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version,
Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year
daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it's a tabula rasa: no
society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This
leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a
struggle not about brawn, but about intellect.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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