The Tempest Audiobook (Free)

Performed by Sir Michael Redgrave while others, The Tempest possesses a really wonderful narrative carried by an excellent cast. Open to download for the first time on the web.The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed written in 1610-11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on the remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to revive his child Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations result in the revelation of Antonio’s low nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso’s son, Ferdinand.