Aquila Theatre In The Tempest

The Aquila Theatre Company performed The Tempest by William Shakespeare at Harding University on February 23rd, 2015. The Tempest is about a man named Prospero who twelve years ago escaped to an island with his baby daughter after his brother, Antonio, usurped his position as Duke of Milan. However, according to Prospero, fortune sent the opportunity to seek revenge when a boat with his brother on board wrecked near the island. Throughout the story, many different events unfold among the various characters, but at the end, Prospero forgives his brother and all of those who try to stop him from the plans he devised at the beginning. I believe Shakespeare, as the playwright of The Tempest, utilizes different symbolism and magical features to exemplify the diverse human emotions of revenge, ambition, humor, love and forgiveness; the purpose of the Aquila Theatre’s creative team was trying to illustrate these same emotions but on stage. With the different light, sound, makeup and stage effects, the Aquila Theatre provides their audience with an unprecedented, but interesting adaptation of the play. At beginning of the production, I had a difficult time keeping up with the character’s diction – they spoke too fast. Consequently, I

Not because of the performance of the artist or the production of the company, but because of language barriers. As an international student from Honduras, I found myself struggling to understand what the artists were saying. At the beginning, when Prospero opened the play, he was speaking so fast that I even thought it was another language. Throughout the whole production, I felt uncomfortable and stressed out because I was not able to understand the majority of it. It also made me feel out-of-place when the audience laughed, and I just sat there wondering what the actor said that was so funny. I am really sad to say this, but I was desperate for it to