My Director Ideas

If I was to put on a performance of The Tempest by Shakespeare, I would create a lighting effect on the stage that was quite dark, to represent the obvious of being trapped on a forested desert island but to further interpret the idea that bad is about to happen, and that a lot of dark troubles will be arising soon. In class I am currently working on Act 3 Scene 2 where Caliban leads Trinculo and Stefano into the trap of killing Prospero. The lighting being  dark would represent events about too occur however I would want to add a slight blue/green dipped light to represent the features of the island, such as the sea surrounding it and the grass on the island.

Family Tree in the Tempest

 Prospero has a large range of links with the rest of the characters from The Tempest. Prospero's brother Antonio, and Miranda Prospero's daughter who was exiled with him to the island.
You then have Caliban who hates Prospero as he is his slave and ends up planning to murder him with Stefano and Trinculo. Ariel is an imaginary spirit who guides and helps Prospero in the exchange or a promise to freedom. Prospero is respected by the King and the kings son wants to marry Miranda.


The kings brother Sebastian has planned on killing the king to try and take his throne from him.