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William Shakespeare (play)
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27 February 1980 (UK)
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a bit disappointing
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Hordern | ... | Prospero |
| Derek Godfrey | ... | Antonio |
| David Waller | ... | Alonso |
| Warren Clarke | ... | Caliban |
| Nigel Hawthorne | ... | Stephano |
| David Dixon | ... | Ariel |
| Andrew Sachs | ... | Trinculo |
| John Nettleton | ... | Gonzalo |
| Alan Rowe | ... | Sebastian |
| Pippa Guard | ... | Miranda |
| Christopher Guard | ... | Ferdinand |
| Kenneth Gilbert | ... | Boatswain |
| Edwin Brown | ... | Master |
| Paul Greenhalgh | ... | Francisco |
| Christopher Bramwell | ... | Adrian |
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The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: The Tempest (USA) (video title)
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Korea:120 min (Video Version)
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Alec Guinness was offered the role of Prospero, but withdrew after the producers balked at his concept of basing his characterization on the aging Leo Tolstoy.
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I love The Tempest as a play - its magic, its fun, its emotional impact. All these should be present in a good adaptation.
The problem with this version is twofold. First, it is very studio-bound, giving a feeling of flatness to the proceedings (compare to the Derek Jarman version a year earlier, or the 1950s version with Maurice Evans). Second, it suffers from inappropriate casting in key roles, notably real-life siblings Pippa and Christopher Guard as lovers Miranda and Ferdinand, and David Dixon as Ariel (the potential was there but it just didn't work).
Michael Hordern is however fine as Prospero, and Nigel Hawthorne and Andrew Sachs provide some comedy. Warren Clarke is a monstrous and diverting Caliban, devoid of magic but with some sense of the injustice he feels at his treatment on the island.
Some clever ideas and some very good scenes (notably when the goddesses appear, singing), but this Tempest is too dry and flat to be really engrossing.