The Dryden–D’Avenant adaptation premiered at the Duke's Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on 7 November 1667, and published in 1670. It is written partly in blank verse and partly in a sort of rhythmic prose. The play was revised and revived a number of times, and adapted as an opera by Thomas Shadwell in April 1674; Shadwell's revision had a musical score created by a team of composers that included Matthew Locke and Pelham Humfrey. This was the version of The Tempest most familiar to audiences up until William Macready's enormously successful production of Shakespeare's original on 13 October 1838. Shadwell's version was revived in 1701, in 1702 through 1704, in 1706 through 1708, in 1710, in 1712 through 1717, and more than 20 times between 1729 and 1747.
Dryden and D'Avenant keep a great deal of Shakespeare's verse, but generally tone the play down, simplifying grammar and language occasionally, removing much of the "mythic resonance" of the original, and adding a fair amount of their own invention. The added elements include new characters – Hippolito, a man who has never seen a woman, and Dorinda, a second daughter of Prospero. Hippolito and Dorinda, predictably, fall in love; their love parallels that between Miranda, Shakespeare's maiden who has never seen a man, and Ferdinand, son to the Duke of Mantua (or to the King of Naples in Shakespeare's version). Ariel is given an ethereal girlfriend in Milcha (Shadwell expanded her role in 1674). Even Caliban gets a sister.
^Guffey, George R, ed. (1969). After The tempest. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Univ. of California. OCLC 310876195.
^ Laurie, Margaret (1963), "Did Purcell Set 'The Tempest?'", Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 90: 43–57, doi:10.1093/jrma/90.1.43, JSTOR 766005, OCLC 5548452243
^Duffett, Thomas (1972). DiLorenzo, Ronald Eugene (ed.). Three burlesque plays of Thomas Duffett : The Empress of Morocco, the mock-tempest, Psyche debauch'd. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. ISBN9780877450337. OCLC 589050.
tempest, dryden, avenant, play, other, uses, tempest, disambiguation, tempest, enchanted, island, comedy, adapted, john, dryden, william, avenant, from, shakespeare, comedy, tempest, musical, setting, previously, attributed, henry, purcell, probably, london, r. For other uses see The Tempest disambiguation The Tempest or The Enchanted Island is a comedy adapted by John Dryden and William D Avenant from Shakespeare s comedy The Tempest 1 The musical setting previously attributed to Henry Purcell and probably for the London revival of 1712 was very probably by John Weldon 2 The Dryden D Avenant adaptation premiered at the Duke s Theatre in Lincoln s Inn Fields London on 7 November 1667 and published in 1670 It is written partly in blank verse and partly in a sort of rhythmic prose The play was revised and revived a number of times and adapted as an opera by Thomas Shadwell in April 1674 Shadwell s revision had a musical score created by a team of composers that included Matthew Locke and Pelham Humfrey This was the version of The Tempest most familiar to audiences up until William Macready s enormously successful production of Shakespeare s original on 13 October 1838 Shadwell s version was revived in 1701 in 1702 through 1704 in 1706 through 1708 in 1710 in 1712 through 1717 and more than 20 times between 1729 and 1747 Dryden and D Avenant keep a great deal of Shakespeare s verse but generally tone the play down simplifying grammar and language occasionally removing much of the mythic resonance of the original and adding a fair amount of their own invention The added elements include new characters Hippolito a man who has never seen a woman and Dorinda a second daughter of Prospero Hippolito and Dorinda predictably fall in love their love parallels that between Miranda Shakespeare s maiden who has never seen a man and Ferdinand son to the Duke of Mantua or to the King of Naples in Shakespeare s version Ariel is given an ethereal girlfriend in Milcha Shadwell expanded her role in 1674 Even Caliban gets a sister Shadwell s 1674 operatic version of Dryden and D Avenant s adaptation was mocked by Thomas Duffet in his farce The Mock Tempest or the Enchanted Castle also in 1674 3 References edit Guffey George R ed 1969 After The tempest Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Univ of California OCLC 310876195 nbsp Laurie Margaret 1963 Did Purcell Set The Tempest Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association 90 43 57 doi 10 1093 jrma 90 1 43 JSTOR 766005 OCLC 5548452243 Duffett Thomas 1972 DiLorenzo Ronald Eugene ed Three burlesque plays of Thomas Duffett The Empress of Morocco the mock tempest Psyche debauch d Iowa City University of Iowa Press ISBN 9780877450337 OCLC 589050 External links edit nbsp The Tempest public domain audiobook at LibriVox Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Tempest Dryden and D 27Avenant play amp oldid 1218214148, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
