Shakespeare's The Tempest (1980 TV) - Act 3, scene 3

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


John Nettleton ... Gonzalo
David Waller ... Alonso
Derek Godfrey ... Antonio
Alan Rowe ... Sebastian
Paul Greenhalgh ... Francisco
Michael Hordern ... Prospero
David Dixon ... Ariel
Christopher Bramwell ... Adrian

Directed by John Gorrie

William Oxberry writes (from 1822):

The mind of that man must be very strongly impregnated with self, conceit, who in proportion & she advances in life, does not see more and more reason to distrust the correctfless of his opinions, and to pause ere he bestows upon any work unqualified applause. When he reflects how frequently experience has cooled the ardent feelings of. admiration excited by the first perusal of an author's writings, and taught him that what he once deemed a model of perfection was but a tissue of false taste and absurdity, he will become somewhat more chary of his eulogies, and seek to discover whether sound judgment will sanction the decision which his feelings urge him to pronounce. In the season of adolescence we are especially liable to fall into this error of indiscriminate admiration ; our eyes are fascinated by every ignis fatuus which presents itself to their view ; and we worship it with unsuspecting ardour, till we find at length that what we foolishly thought a pure and steady flame, was nothing but a fleeting worthless vapour.

There are, however, some few authors not less calculated to satisfy the judgment of manhood, than to captivate the imagination of youth; and, such a one is Shakspeare. Time and reflection, far from weakening the hold which his scenes acquired upon our regard in the days of boyhood, have but served to strengthen and render it perpetual, and to convince us that what delighted the child, is no less worthy of fascinating and instructing the man; " With him were the dreams of our earliest love," and our reverence for his name has grown with our growth^ and strengthened with our strength. It is not the transient offspring of capricious taste, doomed to terminate as suddenly as it commenced, but a settled conviction, resulting from frequent examinations into its soundness, and from every succeeding enquiry becoruing more rooted and immovable. Justly, indeed, is Shakspcare the admiration and glory of his countrymen, and honourable alike to themselves and the poet is the pride with which they regard him ! Tlus feeling has about tt no particle of selfishness or of narrowness, no mixture of paltry or personal considerations, but is a generous tribute paid solely to the powers of mind; the homage of a free and enlightened people to the grandest genius the world ever saw.

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[mumisaho]

thanks for this, need to watch it for school

[SANDLEO1]

My teacher gave me the book but now i know its on youtube

[BKGHatake]

I did this for school and I was Ariel. I took me 20 hours in total to learn that one line!

...

Then the teacher cut this scene. FML

[Lavron4151]

This is the gayest thing I've ever seen.

[aeropostalebunny1]

I wonder is this what Tempestt Bledsoe from The Cosby Show named after ????

[EmmyXExotic]

Giving the Ariel Monologue in Advanced Drama.

So stressed!

[dancesweater]

The weird dancing men are my favorite !!!!!!

[Naoideagnochatri]

I WAS GONZALO =)

[cjlouis1029]

HILARIOUS!

[johnspence99]

1:25 WTF!

[Seyanu]

thanx need this 4 my homework =)