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The most basic question any actor playing Prospero and any director mounting the play must ask himself is: What precisely is the magician’s aim? From this will stem the related issue of the extent to which he realises this aim, to what extent his project is successful.
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© 1984 David L. Hirst
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Hirst, D.L. (1984). Prospero’s Aims. In: The Tempest. Text and Performance. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06578-3_10
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