THE TEMPEST

ACT ONE, SCENE 1

(Prospero enters followed by Ariel) EVIL LAUGH
(Music 1+ music 2)
(A ship is in a storm. The CAPTAIN comes in and talks with the Bosun.)

CAPTAIN: Bosun!

BOSUN: Yes, sir.

CAPTAIN: Pipe all hands on deck!

Be quick about it, or well run ourselves aground.
Hurry!
(He blows his whistle and dashes off.)
(ALONSO comes in, with SEBASTIAN, FERDINAND, ANTONIO and
GONZALO

ALONSO: Bosun! Safety! Wheres the captain?

BOSUN: Youre in the way. Keep to your cabins! Youre only helping the
storm.

GONZALO: Be patient, dear fellow . . .

BOSUN: I will be patient when the sea does! Go! Dont get in our way!
Do you want us to sink?

SEBASTIAN: May you choke, you bawling, swearing dog!

CAPTAIN: Do some work then!

Heave ho! Raise the mainsail! Turn it around!
(SAILORS enter, soaking wet, panicked.)

SAILORS: Its no good! On your knees! Its hopeless! (They leave.)

(Everyone screams.)
NARRATOR: During the storm ..everybody jumped into the sea
Thinking that they safe.. they would be
In order to know what would happen
You have to wait and see.
Curtain 1

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 ACT 1, SCENE 2

(The Island. Prosperos cave. Prospero enters followed by Miranda

Introductory music 1
MIRANDA: Father, did your magic raise this storm at sea? If so, please make it
stop!

PROSPERO: Ive only done what is best for you.

You dont know where you came from or who you are.

MIRANDA: I never thought of wanting to know more.

PROSPERO: Its time I let you know. Give me a hand removing my magic
cloak. (Music 1)
(She helps him remove the cloak, and he puts it on a rock.)
Sit down. Now Ill tell you more.

MIRANDA: Sometimes youve tried to tell me, but youve always

stopped.

PROSPERO: Twelve years ago, Miranda,

Your father was the duke of Milan, and a powerful prince.

MIRANDA: What happened to make us leave? Was it good or bad?

(Music 1)
PROSPERO: Both.
My brotheryour unclewas named Antonio. Next to you, I loved him
more than anyone else in the world. I left the business of government to
him.
Antonio started to think that he was the Duke.
MIRANDA: Oh, heavens!

PROSPERO: The king of Naples, an enemy of mine, listened to Antonio. They

decided to force us leave our country.
MIRANDA: Why didnt they kill us?
(Music 3+)
PROSPERO: Fortunately, Gonzalo, a noble man gave us some food, fresh
water, Fine clothes, and other things to keep us alive.
Gonzalo also gave me books that I prized more than my kingdom.
MIRANDA: Thank heavens!
And now, what is your reason for making this storm at sea?

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PROSPERO: Good luck has brought my enemies to us.
Ask no more questions. (He puts his hand over her eyes.)
You feel sleepy. (Music 3)

(Miranda falls asleep, hypnotized. Prospero calls quietly.)

Come here, servant. Come. I am ready now. Approach, my Ariel. Come.)
ARIEL: All hail, great master! I come to answer your call.
Be it to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, or to ride on the clouds.
Ariel and all his fellow spirits are at your command.

PROSPERO: Spirit, have you done what I ordered you to do?

ARIEL: Everything. I boarded the kings ship. I took care of everything.

Everyone on board was afraid.
The kings son, Ferdinand, was the first one to jump into the sea.
PROPSERO: But are they safe?

ARIEL: No one was hurt.

PROSPERO: You have carried out my orders exactly.

But theres more work to do.

ARIEL: More hard work? May I remind you of what you promised?

PROSPERO: What?

ARIEL: My freedom.

PROSPERO: Before the time is out? Absolutely not!

ARIEL: Remember that I have served you well. Ive told you no lies, made no
mistakes.

PROSPERO: Have you forgotten what I freed you from?

ARIEL: No.
(Music 3)
PROSPERO: You were the servant of the witch Sycorax.
She imprisoned you in a pine tree because you refused to obey her.

ARIEL: Thank you for rescuing me. Ill do whatever you command.

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PROSPERO: Do it. And in two days, I will release you. Now go, do this, and
return.
(Ariel leaves. Prospero looks at the sleeping Miranda.)

Wake up, dear one, wake up!

MIRANDA: Your strange story made me sleepy.

PROSPERO: Come, and well visit my slave Caliban.

MIRANDA: Hes a bad person. I dont like to see him.

PROSPERO: We cant do this without him.

Caliban! Slave! Answer!

CALIBAN: (Inside) theres enough wood.

PROSPERO: (Speaking to Caliban) You poisonous slave! Get out here!

(Caliban enters. He is ugly and deformed.)
(Music 4)
CALIBAN: May a southwest wind blow on you all over!

This island is mine because of my mother Sycorax,

When you first came, you gave me water with berries.

I loved you then and showed you everything on the island.

Curse me that I did that!

PROSPERO: You lie! It works better when I punish you than when I am
kind to you!

MIRANDA: You disgusting slave! I used to feel sorry for you, and taught you
to speak. But you are so disgusting.
CALIBAN: You taught me language, but the only thing I learnt is how to curse!

PROSPERO: Leave! Bring in some firewood for us

CALIBAN: I wont (Turns to the audience) Ive got to obey him. His magic is
so powerful.

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PROSPERO: So, slave, go!
(Caliban leaves. Ariel enters, invisible, singing; Ferdinand follows.)
(Music 5)
(To Miranda.) Open your eyes and tell me what you see.

MIRANDA: (Looking at Ferdinand) what is it? A spirit?

It is very handsome, but its a spirit.

PROSPERO: No, girl. It eats and sleeps and has the same senses we have. This
man you see was in the ship.
MIRANDA: Hes handsome.

PROSPERO: (To the audience.) Its turned out just as I hoped it would.
(music)
FERDINAND: (To Miranda) The heavens smile on me to meet you!
Are you a mortal woman or not?
(Music 5)
MIRANDA: Dont wonder, sir. I am a mortal woman.

FERDINAND: I am the king of Naples. I have been crying over watching my

father die in a shipwreck.

MIRANDA: Oh, thats terrible!

FERDINAND: Everyone on board died.

PROSPERO: (To the audience) It is love at first sight.

(To Ferdinand) May I have a word, sir? I think you are wrong.

MIRANDA: Why is my father so rude? This is the third man Ive ever seen,
and the first one who has turned my heart.
FERDINAND: If you dont have someone else, Ill make you queen of Naples.

PROSPERO: Enough! A word with you!

(To the audience) They are in love with each other, so I must make this
more difficult.

(To Ferdinand) Listen to me. You have come to this island as a spy so
you can take it from me!
FERDINAND: No, upon my honor!

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MIRANDA: Nothing bad could be in him.

PROSPERO: (To Ferdinand) Follow me.

(To Miranda) Dont speak for him. Hes a traitor!

(To Ferdinand) Come. Ill chain your neck and feet together.

FERDINAND: No! I wont let you do it! (He draws his sword, but Prospero
puts a spell on him, and he cant move.)

MIRANDA: Oh, father! Dont hurt him!

Hes a good man and not a threat to you.

PROSPERO: Do you think I think with my feet?

(To Ferdinand) Put your sword down, you traitor!

(He knocks Ferdinands sword away with his magic wand.)
MIRANDA: Father, please!

PROSPERO: Silence!

PROSPERO: (To Ferdinand) Come on, obey me!

You are as helpless as a baby!
(Music 5)
FERDINAND: I feel like Im in a dream. Ive lost my father . . . the shipwreck .

Even if I were in prison, it would be worth it to see this girl one more day.

PROSPERO: (To the audience) Its working.

(To Ferdinand) Come!

MIRANDA: (To Ferdinand) Dont give up. My father is better than his words
tell you. Hes just acting strange right now.

PROSPERO: (To Ferdinand) Come. Follow me.

(To Miranda) Dont say anything more in his favor.

(Music 6)
Narrator: Now Prospero is testing their love
He left them alone and stayed above
Ferdinand is carrying logs of trees for the sake of his Dove

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 ACT TWO, SCENE 1

(Another part of the Island. Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, and

other survivors enter let by Ariel.)
(MUSIC7)
GONZALO: (He tries to be comforting.) I beg you, please cheer up. At least
we have our lives.
ALONSO: Thats enough. Dont say any more.

GONZALO: How green the grass looks!

ANTONIO: (To the audience) The grass is dry, actually.

SEBASTIAN: (To the audience) There are patches of green.

ANTONIO: (To the audience) He doesnt miss much.

SEBASTIAN: (To the audience) No. Just his mind.

GONZALO: Its amazing that our clothes, even though they were soaked in the
sea, still look quite good.

ALONSO: You are forcing me to listen to things Id like to forget. I wish Id

never let my daughter marry there! Because, while coming home my son
drowned.

GONZALO: Sir, he may still alive. I saw him swim strongly and ride the
waves.

ALONSO: No, no. Hes dead.

GONZALO:
(MUSIC7)
(Turning to Alonso) If I were the king of this island, I would allow no
poverty, and no slavery. Thered be no work. There would be no swords,
spears, knives, or guns.

SEBASTIAN: Would your subjects marry?

ANTONIO: No. They wouldnt. Long live Gonzalo! (They laugh.)

ALONSO: No more. You are talking nonsense!

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GONZALO: How about laughing me to sleep? I feel very tired.

ANTONIO: Sleep!

(Everyone falls asleep except Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio.)

ALONSO: Asleep so soon? I wish I could shut my thoughts out by closing

my eyes. They want to close.

SEBASTIAN: Well then, sir, dont resist the feeling. Sleep can be a comfort.

ANTONIO: We two will guard you while you sleep and keep you safe.

ALONSO: Thank you. (He yawns and falls asleep. Ariel leaves.)
(MUSIC7)
SEBASTIAN: How very sleepy they are!

ANTONIO: They fell asleep as if a thunderbolt struck them.

What if.? What if.?

SEBASTIAN: Say it. Youll explode if you dont say it.

ANTONIO: Its this, sir. It is impossible to think the kings son did not drown.

SEBASTIAN: I have no hope that he survived.

SEBASTIAN: Remember, you overthrew your brother, Prospero . . .

ANTONIO: Thats true. My brothers servants were then my equals. Now I

pay them to do things for me.
(MUSIC7)
SEBASTIAN: Dear friend, just as you got Milan, I will get Naples. Draw your
sword. In one stroke, I can kill Alonso. Then Ill be the new king.

ANTONIO: Lets draw our swords at the same time.

(Raising sword) Lets be quick!

GONZALO: (Suddenly waking up) May the good angels preserve the king!
(The others wake up and are surprised.)

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ALONSO: Whats going on? Everyones awake?

(To Antonio) Why is your sword drawn?

GONZALO: Whats the matter?

SEBASTIAN: (Thinks quickly and drops his sword.) While we stood here
guarding you, we heard a bellowing, like bulls, or maybe lions.
ALONSO: I heard nothing.
Did you hear this, Gonzalo?

GONALO: Upon my honor sir, I heard only a humming, a strange humming,

which woke me up.
ALONSO: Lead the way, and lets continue to search for my son.

GONZALO: May heaven keep him from these beasts! He is surely on the
island.

ALONSO: Lead the way.

(MUSIC7)
ARIEL: Prospero shall know what I have done. So, King, go safely to look for
your son.

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 ACT 2, SCENE 2

(Another part of the island. Caliban enters with a load of wood. Thunder can
be heard.)
(MUSIC 9)
CALIBAN: May all kinds of diseases fall on Prospero, little by little. I cant
stop cursing him.
(MUSIC 9)
(Trinculo enters.) Here comes one of his spirits now to annoy me
for bringing firewood so slowly. Ill lie flat. Maybe he wont notice
me.
(MUSIC 10)
TRINCULO: There arent any bushes here to keep off the weather, I dont
know where to find cover.

(He sees Caliban) Oh, what have we here? A man or a fish? Dead or
alive? A fish. He smells like a fish, a very old fish! A strange fish (He
looks closely at Caliban)
He has legs!
(MUSIC 2)
(Thunder is heard) The storms coming! Ill stay here till the storm is
over. (He takes shelter by Caliban)
(MUSIC10)
(Stephano enters, singing. He has a bottle of water.)

CALIBAN (To Trinculo) Do not torment me! Oh!

STEPHANO: What? Do we have devils here? (He inspects what is on the

ground, with two sets of legs sticking out.) Is this some freak show?
Four legs?

CALIBAN: This spirit is tormenting me. Oh!

STEPHANO: This is some island monster with four legs who has a fever, I
think. Ill give him some medicine.
CALIBAN: (To Trinculo) Dont torment me. Ill bring my firewood home
faster.

STEPHANO: He can have a taste of my drink. This should help him.

STEPHANO: Come here. Open your mouth. This water will help! This will
stop the shaking! Open your mouth!

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TRINCULO: I should know that voice! It has to be . . . but he is drowned.

STEPHANO: Four legs and two voiceswhat a monster! Ill cure his fever
with this bottle of water.
(Pours water into Calibans throat)
(Goes to Trinculos throat) Come! Ill pour some in its other mouth.

TRINCULO: Stephano!

STEPHANO: Is it your other mouth calling me? (He seems afraid.) Mercy!
Mercy! This is a demon, not a monster! Ill leave him and not eat with the
demon.

TRINCULO: Stephano! If you are really Stephano, speak to me. Im

Trinculo. Dont be afraidIm your good friend Trinculo.

STEPHANO: If you are Trinculo, come here.

TRINCULO: (Pointing at Caliban) I thought he had been killed with a
thunderbolt.
But you werent drowned, Stephano? I hope you arent drowned! Is
the storm over?
(MUSIC 10)
CALIBAN: (To the audience) These are fine creatures if they arent spirits.

STEPHANO: (To Trinculo) How did you escape? How did you get here?

CALIBAN: (Kneeling at Stephanos feet) Ill swear on that bottle to be your

loyal subject. The water is heavenly!

STEPHANO: Tell me how you escaped.

TRINCULO: I swam ashore, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I swear.

STEPHANO: Though you can swim like a duck, you look like a goose! . . .

(To Caliban) Well now, monster. How are you doing?

CALIBAN: Are you from heaven?

STEPHANO: From the moon, actually. I was once the man in the moon . . .

TRINCULO: This is a very foolish monster! Me afraid of him? He is very

weak, the man in the moon!

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CALIBAN: Ill show you every inch of this island, and I will kiss your feet.
Please be my king.

TRINCULO: This is a most interesting monster!

CALIBAN: Ill kiss your feet. Ill swear to be your subject.

Ill pick berries for you. Ill fish for you and get the firewood you need.
I will serve you, o wondrous man. Will you go with me?
STEPHANO: All right, then. Lead the way, but dont speak another word.
Well take over this place.

CALIBAN: Farewell, master. Farewell.

TRINCULO: A howling monster!

CALIBAN: (Singing)
Ill make no more dams for
catching fish; nor fetch in kindling
wood.
Ban, Ban, Caliban
Has a new mastergot a new
man!

Ban, Ban, Caliban

Has a new mastergot a new man

(MUSIC 11)

CURTAIN 2

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 Act 3 Scene 1

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO

(MUSIC 12)
GONZALO: I can go no further, sir. My old bones hurt me soooo much.

ALONSO: You can sit down and rest. What we are looking for has already
drowned in the sea

ANTONIO: (to Sebastian) I am right glad that he's so out of hope.

SEBASTIAN: (to Antonio) The next step has to be taken as soon as

possible

ANTONIO: (to Sebastian) Let it be tonight.

Enter PROSPERO behind the benches, invisible.

Strange music begins to play.

ALONSO: What kind of music is this? My good friends listen!

(MUSIC 12)
Enter several strange spirits, bringing in a table and a banquet they bow to
the guests and treat them with respect.

GONZALO: (amazed) If in Naples I should report this now, would they

believe me? If I should say,
I saw such islanders who, although they are of monstrous shape, their
manners are more gentle-kind than of our human generation.

PROSPERO: (Aside) OLD MAN, you have just said the truth.
(MUSIC 12)
SEBASTIAN: (looking over the banquet) No matter, since they have left
the meal behind. Would anyone taste of what we have here?

ALONSO: Not I.

GONZALO: Have some Faith, sir, you dont need to fear.

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(Thunder and lightning. Enter ARIEL.)
He addresses Antonio, Alonso and Sebastian. While Ariel speaks, the
spirits become visible again and draw menacingly closer around the men.
ARIEL: You are three men of sin
(MUSIC 12)

The men drop to their knees, frozen in terror. Ariel vanishes in thunder; the
spirits carry out the table and banquet.

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 ACT 4-SCENE I.
Before PROSPERO'S cell.
(MUSIC 14)
Enter PROSPERO in his magic robes, and ARIEL

PROSPERO: How's the day?

Say, my spirit, how is the king and his followers?

ARIEL: Confined together, all prisoners. The good old lord Gonzalo-- His
tears run down his beard, like winter's drops from eaves of reeds.

PROSPERO: Do you think so, spirit?

ARIEL: I feel pity for all of them.

(MUSIC 14)
PROSPERO: If you, the spirit, felt sorry for them so it is expected from
me to be more kind than you. Go release them, Ariel.
PROSPERO: Now Ariel. Go bring them to me

ARIEL: Before you can say 'come' and 'go,' and breathe twice. I'll fetch
them, sir.
(MUSIC 14)
Re-enter ARIEL, playing music, followed by ALONSO and the lords.
Exit Ariel. Suddenly, the charm breaks and the lords come back to their
senses.

GONZALO: (terrified) Some heavenly power guide us out of this fearful

country!

PROSPERO: Behold, sir king, the wronged Duke of Milan,

To you and your company I bid a hearty welcome.

Alonso reaches tentatively for Prospero's hand, just to make sure he's real.

ALONSO: Please forgive me for all I have done to you. But how could
you be living and be here?

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PROSPERO gestures and FERDINAND and MIRANDA enter at the door
of the cell.
Alonso gasps. Ferdinand jumps to his feet, seeing his father alive, and
kneels before him.

SEBASTIAN: A most high miracle!

ALONSO: (to Ferdinand) Arise, and say how you came here.

MIRANDA: (to Prospero) O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are

there here!

ALONSO: Who is this girl? Is she a spirit?

FERDINAND: No Sir. She is mortal. She is the daughter of this famous

Duke of Milan.

GONZALO: (to the heavens) Look down, you god, and on this couple
drop a blessed crown!

Re-enter ARIEL invisible, with the Captain and Bosun amazedly following

GONZALO: O, look, sir! Here is more of us. What is the news?

PROSPERO: Sir, I invite your highness and your train to my poor cell,
where you shall take your rest for this one night, and in the morning I'll
bring you to your ship and so to Naples.

ALONSO: I long to hear the story of your life.

PROSPERO: I'll deliver all, and promise you calm seas.

PROSPERO: My Ariel. You have fulfilled all what I have asked you to
do!
You are free now and the whole island is yours. Do whatever you think is
right.

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With a smile, Ariel leaves the stage.
(MUSIC 14)

NARRATOR:
Remember
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that,
when nations are strong,
they are not always just,
and when they wish to be just,
they are no longer strong.

(MUSIC15)

FINAL

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