You know by now that THE TEMPEST is set inside a women's prison, but did you know that each actor had to craft two characters? In addition to their Shakespearean roles, every performer took inspiration from the true stories of incarcerated women to develop a prison character. Harriet Walter's is influenced by Judith Clark, currently serving a 75 year sentence in the US.

Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann's Warehouse present
the Donmar Warehouse production of
THE TEMPEST
JAN 13 - FEB 19, 2017
TICKETS + MORE INFO: http://goo.gl/56KOS8

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd | Featuring Harriet Walter

AMERICAN PREMIERE

The Donmar Warehouse returns to St. Ann’s with the finale to Phyllida Lloyd’s thrilling all-female Shakespeare Trilogy. Led by the great Harriet Walter as Prospero, and with songs by Joan Armatrading, THE TEMPEST takes place in a women’s prison, where Lloyd’s “inmates” play the roles originally written for men and conjure Prospero’s magical island from the stark prison setting. The result “... is a multilayered act of liberation.” (Ben Brantley, The New York Times)

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St. Ann's Warehouse
Brooklyn Bridge Park
DUMBO, BKLYN