The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
RSC
The Other Place, Stratford-
Alonso
Dan Meaden
Sebastian
James Aubrey
Prospero
Michael Aldridge
Antonio
Jonathan Kent
Ferdinand
Michael Pennington
Gonzalo
Richard Griffiths
Caliban
Jeffery Kissoon
Trinculo
Ian McDiarmid
Stephano
James Booth
Miranda
Debbie Bowen
Ariel
Robert Lloyd
Director
Keith Hack
Designer
Debbie Sharp with Keith Hack
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…it has some very lively characterisations, in particular in Michael Pennington’s very princely Ferdinand…
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Ferdinand, played by the promising Michael Pennington..
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