Editing Prospero (section)

== Portrayals ==
=== Stage ===
Portrayals of Prospero in Royal Shakespeare Company productions include:
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* [[Robert Harris (British actor)|Robert Harris]] (1948)
* [[Michael Redgrave|Sir Michael Redgrave]] (1951)
* [[Ralph Richardson|Sir Ralph Richardson]] (1952)
* [[John Gielgud|Sir John Gielgud]] (1956, 1957)
* [[Tom Fleming (actor)|Tom Fleming]] (1963)
* [[Ian Richardson]] (1970)
* [[Michael Aldridge]] (1974)
* [[Michael Hordern|Sir Michael Hordern]] (1978)
* [[Derek Jacobi]] (1982)
* [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]] (1988)
* [[Alec McCowen]] (1993)
* [[Paul Jesson]] (1995)
* [[David Calder (actor)|David Calder]] (1998)
* [[Philip Voss]] (2000), a production that utilized [[vocal music]] rather than instrumental
* [[Malcolm Storry]] (2002)
* [[Patrick Stewart|Sir Patrick Stewart]] (2006) in [[Rupert Goold]]'s very loose 2006 interpretation
* [[Antony Sher]] (2009)
* [[Jonathan Slinger]] (2012) directed by [[David Farr (theatre director)|David Farr]].
* [[Simon Russell Beale]] (2016), a production directed by [[Gregory Doran]] that used Digital technology to create many of the special effects.
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Portrayals of Prospero at the [[Old Vic]] include:
* [[John Gielgud|Sir John Gielgud]] (1931, 1940, 1974)
* [[Max von Sydow]] (1988)
* [[Derek Jacobi|Sir Derek Jacobi]] (2003)
* [[Stephen Dillane]] (2010)

Portrayals of Prospero for the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] include:
* [[James Earl Jones]] (1962)
* [[Raul Julia]] (1981)
* [[Patrick Stewart]] (1995) at the [[Delacorte Theater]], later moved to Broadway's [[Broadhurst Theater]].
* [[Sam Waterston]] (2015)

Portrayals of Prospero for [[Shakespeare's Globe|the Globe Theatre]] include:
* [[Vanessa Redgrave]] (2000); she also played "Ariel" to her father [[Michael Redgrave|Sir Michael Redgrave]]'s "Prospero" in the 1964 [[Caedmon Audio|Caedmon]] recording.
* [[Roger Allam]] (2013), videotaped and later broadcast as part of their Live Cinema broadcasts.

Portrayals of Prospero for the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] include:
* [[William Hutt (actor)|William Hutt]] (1962, 1976, 1999, 2005)
* [[Len Cariou]] (1982), videotaped and broadcast on television in 1983
* [[Alan Scarfe]] (1992)
* [[Christopher Plummer]] (2010), videotaped and broadcast on television
* [[Martha Henry]] (2018)

Other stage portrayals of Prospero include:
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* [[Graham Crowden]] (1970), at London's [[Mermaid Theatre]], directed by [[Jonathan Miller]].
* Sir John Gielgud (1974), at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]].
* Sam Waterston (1974), [[Off-Broadway]] at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]].
* [[Anthony Hopkins|Sir Anthony Hopkins]] (1979), opposite [[Stephanie Zimbalist]] as Miranda at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/stage-new-approach-to-the-tempest-on-coast-those-are-pearls.html|title=Stage: New Approach to the Tempest' on Coast|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 May 1979|last1=Eder|first1=Richard}}</ref>
* [[Frank Langella]] (1989), opposite [[B. D. Wong]] as Ariel with the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] in New York City.
* [[Blair Brown]] as "Prospera" (2003), at the [[McCarter Theatre|McCarter Theatre Center]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/the-tempest-19-1200542991|title = The Tempest|date = 5 March 2003}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Fiennes]] (2011), at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]] directed by [[Trevor Nunn]].
* [[Harriet Walter]] (2017), in [[Phyllida Lloyd]]'s [[Donmar Warehouse]] production, which was set in an all-women's prison and performed by the inmates.
* [[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]] as "Prospera" (2018), at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in [[San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/theater/reviews/la-et-cm-the-tempest-review-20180625-story.html| title = Review: 'The Tempest' at the Old Globe: Kate Burton casts a benevolent spell as Prospera - Los Angeles Times| website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = 26 June 2018}}</ref>
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=== Film and television ===
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* [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]], 1960 (TV, [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]])
* [[Michael Redgrave|Sir Michael Redgrave]], 1968 ([[BBC-TV]], ''[[Play of the Month]]'')
* [[Heathcote Williams]], 1979 (film version directed by [[Derek Jarman]])
* [[Michael Hordern|Sir Michael Hordern]], 1980 (BBC-TV, ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare]]'')
* [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]], 1983 (videotaped production for Bard Productions)
* [[John Gielgud]], 1991 (film adaptation ''[[Prospero's Books]]'' directed by [[Peter Greenaway]])
* [[Timothy West]], 1992 (voice of Prospero in abridged animated production for ''[[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]'')
* [[Helen Mirren]], 2010 ([[The Tempest (2010 film)|film adaptation]] directed by [[Julie Taymor]], renamed "Prospera")
* [[Patrick Robinson (actor)|Patrick Robinson]], 2018 (Filmed for [[CBeebies]] at the [[Lawrence Batley Theatre]], [[Huddersfield]], in front of a live invited audience<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/13/thetempest|title = The Tempest}}</ref>)
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Prospero-esque characters have included:
* [[Paul Mazursky]]'s film ''[[Tempest (1982 film)|Tempest]]'' (1982) starring [[John Cassavetes]] as "Philip Dimitrius", who is an exile of his own cynical discontent, ego and self-betrayal and who abandons America for a utopian "kingdom" on a secluded Greek isle.
* The 1998 TV movie ''[[The Tempest (1998 film)|The Tempest]]'', set in a Mississippi bayou during the American Civil War, based on Shakespeare's play and starring [[Peter Fonda]] as "Gideon Prosper", a Prospero-esque plantation owner who has learned voodoo from his slaves.

=== Audio ===
Audio portrayals of Prospero include:
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* [[John Gielgud|Sir John Gielgud]] in four [[BBC Radio]] productions: 1933 (on the [[BBC National Programme]]), 1948 (on the [[BBC Home Service]]), 1953 and 1989 (on the [[BBC World Service]]).
* [[John Barrymore]] (1937) (an abridged version of ''The Tempest'' on the 12 July episode of the short-lived NBC radio series ''Streamlined Shakespeare''; this episode was re-broadcast on 31 August 1950 with the series' name changed to ''John Barrymore and Shakespeare'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mwotrc.com/rr2005_08/shakespeare.htm|title = Radio Recall - MWOTRC}}</ref>
* [[Cedric Hardwicke|Sir Cedric Hardwicke]] (1940) (a one-hour adaptation of ''The Tempest'' on the 24 November episode of the [[Blue Network|NBC]] radio series ''Great Plays'')
* [[Norman Shelley]] (1951) ([[BBC Third Programme]])
* [[Michael Hordern|Sir Michael Hordern]] (1960) ([[Argo Records (UK)|Argo Records]] recording)
* [[Michael Redgrave|Sir Michael Redgrave]] (1964) ([[Caedmon Audio|Caedmon Records]] recording [SRS-201])
* [[Alec Clunes]] (1964) ([[BBC Home Service]]).
* [[Paul Scofield]] (1974) ([[BBC Radio 3]])
* [[Ronald Pickup]] (1996) ([[BBC Radio 3]] ''Sunday Play'')
* [[Bob Peck]] (1999) (''[[Arkangel Shakespeare|The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare]]'' series recording)
* [[Philip Madoc]] (2001) ([[BBC Radio 3]] ''Sunday Play'', adapted for radio and directed by [[David Hunter]])
* [[Ian McKellen|Sir Ian McKellen]] (2004) ([[Naxos Records]] recording)
* [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] (2012) ([[BBC Radio 3]] ''Drama on 3'', broadcast as part of the ''Shakespeare Unlocked'' series, adapted for radio and directed by [[Jeremy Mortimer]])
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