Shakespeare's The Tempest (1980 TV) - Act 2, scene 2

Shakespeare's The Tempest (1980 TV) - Act 2, scene 2

Andrew Sachs escaped Nazi Germany with his family when very young, and English is his second language. He most famously appeared as the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in "Fawlty Towers". He has remained very active in the business, with numerous acting roles and voice work.

as part of the "Fawlty Towers" Shakespeare trilogy, go here to see Prunella Scales as Mistress Page in "The Merry Wives of Windsor":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD79V3ZZtYA

and here to see John Cleese as Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NnhBNq6h8

Warren Clarke ... Caliban
Andrew Sachs ... Trinculo
Nigel Hawthorne ... Stephano

Directed by John Gorrie


On the character of Caliban, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from a lecture on Shakespeare, 1811:

The character of Caliban is wonderfully conceived: he is a sort of creature of the earth, partaking of the qualities of the brute, and distinguished from them in two ways: 1. By having mere understanding without moral reason; 2. By not having the instincts which belong to mere animals.- Still Caliban is a noble being: a man in the sense of the imagination, all the images he utters are drawn from nature, and are all highly poetical; they fit in with the images of Ariel: Caliban gives you images from the Earth- Ariel images from the air. Caliban talks of the difficulty of finding fresh water, the situation of Morasses, and other circumstances which the brute instinct not possessing reason could comprehend. No mean image is brought forward, and no mean passion, but animal passions, and the sense of repugnance at being commanded.

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[EssaelyDayruiner]

im a girl and my teacher put me as Stephano i think i was better than all the boys =D I

[otisgardiner]

fantastic caliban :)

[TheUniikki]

@EssaelyDayruiner i was stephano too ! :D and i'm girl :))

[Manny1222]

They are going to form a rock band next scene, I just know it!

[kingsway8693]

ooh wow  tempest is very a nice story

[rollercoasterdude96]

Teacher showed me this in class and everyone loved this scene! It's sooo funny, I love the situation, the facial expressions, and the overall absurdity of it!

[glinos123]

Jamie?

[MeetTheRetard]

@glinos123  Joe?

[MeetTheRetard]

@EssaelyDayruiner thats the same as my play i play prospero

[AnimalLuva2010]

@EssaelyDayruiner that stinks but congrats that u did so well. i remember in a school play i was going to the immaculada to perform it and my teacher first gave me the part of one of the kings men, but the girl playing miranda couldnt come, i learned the play so well i was everyone's understudy XD. anyway i was then cast as miranda, only problem was, a girl was playing ferdinand... it was akward on stage :)

[glinos123]

I have to play Trinculo in my school play and i"m glad I got that part

[glinos123]

I have to play Trinculo in my school play and im glad I got that part