Bard’s genius slips through prison bars
The Seattle Times
And Helen Mirren has been tapped to play Prospero(a) in a screen version of The Tempest currently in production under helms-woman, Julie Taymore (director of “Frida” and writer of “Across the Universe”). Set amid the persecution of female alchemists in the 16th and 17th centuries, the film is also slated to star Jeremy Irons, Alfred Molina, and Geoffrey Rush. The film is currently in pre-production and is expected to release in the fall of 2009.
~Source: Internet Movie Database.
"Miranda" by 19th century pre-Raphaelite master JW Waterhouse
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December 8, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Charles West
A female Prospero–how interesting. Of course, it has been done before. Our own Jennifer Hurd played that part in the Adam Meredith directed Artists Repertory Theater production a few years ago. And I recall Vanessa Redgrave in the role in 2000.