Prospero 2.0. Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University, 376 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210; 614.292.4861; bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/. Price: Free (GNU General Public License). Staff module: Windows, scanner; Server module: Web server, Perl. Prospero is a Web-based document delivery system created in...

THE TEMPEST * The Pit, Barbican JAMES Macdonald's elegantly arty RSC production of Shakespeare's late play may not be to all tastes, but it does skilfully anatomise the drama's artistic, spiritual and political allegories. Artistically, like the hero Prospero, Macdonald deploys state-of-...

Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books.His collection ranges from best sellers, such as Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" and Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities," to...

William Hutt, widely regarded as one of Canada's finest classical actors and a company member at the Stratford Festival for almost four decades, has died at the age of 87.Hutt died Wednesday of leukemia at Stratford General Hospital, the Festival announced.At the Stratford Festival, where...

Explores The Tempest by Willaim Shakespeare. Provides a character analysis on the lead character, Prospero. Describes how the character's perspective changes depending on the actor in the role.

Shakespeare's audiences would feel somewhat moved by Prospero's tale of betrayal and upheaval. Yet others would think it self inflicted, as it was his own fault for neglecting his dukedom in favour of his books. We also discover that the books were not of the ordinary nature, many of them were magical and of the supernatural orientation.