The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Do you like going to the theatre, but your German is not good enough to enjoy a theatre play?
Winterthur theatre offers plays in English and French 2-3 times a year. On the 15th March The Tempest, by Shakespeare is offered.
Book your tickets here.
«We are such stuff as dreams are made on, our little lives are rounded with a sleep».
Shakespeare takes us on a dreamlike journey into the heart of the human condition.
All life is here: love, revenge, power, lust, betrayal and forgiveness. Magical figures such as Ariel and Caliban rub shoulders with all too real politicians, kidnappers and murderers. Tragedy melts into comedy and music is everywhere on Prospero’s enchanted island. Shakespeare’s poetry is never finer than in this play but there is also the voice of drunken sailors and howling devils.
This is Shakespeare’s final look at life, a life he portrayed with greater subtlety and depth than perhaps any other artist. To present the play without simplification or easy tricks is a great challenge, but Shakespeare’s theatrical skill matches his artistry and this is an accessible and popular masterpiece. You are supposed to laugh!
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