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melodier93 's review for:
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
This was quite lovely (and pleasantly brief!), though I think I agree with my edition's introduction that it - moreso than many Shakespeare plays - demands to be staged. The music, special effects, and trickery would no doubt be a lot more fun on stage, and for the first time in a while I am tempted to seek out a production (this is one of the few plays on my reading list that I haven't seen staged nor have I studied before). Many famous lines, and some gorgeous language, though it loses one star for having a lone female character with basically no agency nor wit. I'm also not sure what to do with the treatment of Caliban and Ariel - it doesn't seem a question of stars, but rather one I want to think and read more postcolonial theory about.
Now I want to go reread Margaret Atwood's delightful "Hagseed."
Now I want to go reread Margaret Atwood's delightful "Hagseed."