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The Tempest
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-Upon-Avon
4/5
AT THE end of his career Shakespeare, ever the innovator, took on the contemporary development of the masque as popular entertainment.
With its focus on visual and musical impact, the form lends itself to The Tempest’s mixture of magic and philosophy, with the thematic opposition of nature versus nurture largely replacing dramatic tension.
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