Prospero uses magic to raise a tempest at sea and wreck the ship of his enemies. What will he do when the survivors come ashore? Will he exact revenge? Or will he need all his magical powers to match his daughter with the love of her life?

“Hell is empty. All the devils are here!” (Act I, Scene II)
    
“We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded off with a sleep.” (Act IV, Scene I)

“Oh, wonder! How many fine people there are here! How lovely mankind is! Oh, brave new world that has such people in it!” (Act V, Scene I)

《暴風雨》揭幕於前米蘭公爵普洛斯帕羅，在被放逐了十二年受盡屈辱後，藉魔法與精靈之助，在海上掀起暴風雨，擊沉了敵人的船隻。對於上岸的生還者，他將終於展開復仇？或會泯棄仇恨，為他的女兒與敵人的兒子締結良緣？

“Hell is empty. All the devils are here!”
地獄空了，所有的魔鬼都在這裡了！(Act I, Scene II)
    
“We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded off with a sleep.”
我們都是夢裡的幻影，我們的渺小生命都將在睡眠中循環輪迴。(Act IV, Scene I)

“Oh, wonder! How many fine people there are here! How lovely mankind is! Oh, brave new world that has such people in it!”
啊，真是奇蹟！這麼多美善的人出現在我眼前！人類真是美麗！啊，這個美麗的新世界，有這樣的人兒住在這裡！(Act V, Scene I)

威廉‧莎士比亞 William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare（1564－1616）

威廉．莎士比亞出生於英國，被公認是英國文學史和戲劇史上最傑出的詩人和劇作家。父親在他十三歲時因經商失敗而破產，他因此無法上大學。他十八歲時娶了大他八歲的Anne Hathaway，育有三名小孩。莎士比亞在1590年成為劇作家，起初只是模仿別的作家寫故事，藉此磨練寫作技巧，後來他越漸歡迎，最後成為成功的演員與劇作家。

莎士比亞擅於刻畫人物心理，運用生動的戲劇語言扣動讀者心弦，他的故事結構嚴謹、情節豐富多元，更富含人生哲理。他一生共寫了37部作品，可分成四個時期：歷史劇、喜劇、悲劇和浪漫喜悲劇。其中四大悲劇：《哈姆雷特》、《奧賽羅》、《李爾王》和《馬克白》寫於悲劇時期。這些戲劇故事在世界各地不斷地改編、上演，數百年來雋永不朽，為他贏得最偉大的劇作家的聲譽。