The Tempest - Newspaper Advertisement & Radio Ad, 2009
Title
The Tempest - Newspaper Advertisement & Radio Ad, 2009
Date
14 April 2009
Description
Newspaper advertisement for Nottingham Evening Post and local radio ad for Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
What's the story?
The Tempest starred Antony Sher as Prospero and John Kani as Caliban and was a co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Directed by Janice Honeyman, the production had a setting of colonial Africa and utilised African music, movement and puppetry. The Tempest’s themes of freedom and forgiveness made this South African inspired production a powerful experience.
Michael Billington in his review of the show for The Guardian, neatly sums up the climax of the production and its contemporary relevance:
“It is at the climax, however, that the production acquires a resonant topicality. Having aimed a rifle at his enemies, Sher lays it aside only on deciding that "the rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance". And when it comes to the concluding couplet - "as you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgence set me free" – Sher (Prospero) turns directly to Kani (Caliban) and quits the island leaving him in supreme charge. It becomes, in this context, a deeply moving cry for forgiveness of the colonial past and an appeal to the spirit of truth and reconciliation.”
Directed by Janice Honeyman, the production had a setting of colonial Africa and utilised African music, movement and puppetry. The Tempest’s themes of freedom and forgiveness made this South African inspired production a powerful experience.
Michael Billington in his review of the show for The Guardian, neatly sums up the climax of the production and its contemporary relevance:
“It is at the climax, however, that the production acquires a resonant topicality. Having aimed a rifle at his enemies, Sher lays it aside only on deciding that "the rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance". And when it comes to the concluding couplet - "as you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgence set me free" – Sher (Prospero) turns directly to Kani (Caliban) and quits the island leaving him in supreme charge. It becomes, in this context, a deeply moving cry for forgiveness of the colonial past and an appeal to the spirit of truth and reconciliation.”
Type
Newspaper advertisement and radio ad
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
