The Tempest - Meet the characters

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Prospero

Prospero

Once Duke of Milan...but betrayed by his brother, Antonio, who usurped his dukedom.

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Antonio

Antonio

Prospero's brother. He takes Prospero's dukedom and puts him to sea in a leaky boat.

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Resources

Teacher's Notes
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Teacher's Notes

Guidance on all of the content (pdf)

The playscript
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The playscript

Stage a your own performance of our specially-written musical (pdf)

Music / SFX for playscript

Music / SFX for playscript

Download music / SFX for the playscript (75MB .zip)

Pupils' pamphlet
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Pupils' pamphlet

Lyric sheets and activities (pdf)

Carrie's vocal warm-up
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Carrie's vocal warm-up

Join Carrie Grant for her short vocal warm-up.

More from this series

1. Rock the ship
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1. Rock the ship

An upbeat rock song to open. In the story we meet Prospero and Miranda and witness the storm he conjures.

2. Set me free
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2. Set me free

A gentle calypso sung by Ariel. In the story Prospero explains his reasons for conjuring the tempest.

3. Full fathom five
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3. Full fathom five

A jazzy song. In the story we meet the courtiers - Alonso, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Antonio and Sebastian.

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