Photo Title

1960: Tempest

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Production Title

The Tempest

Production Date

1960

Photograph Caption

English actor Maurice Evans portrays Prospero, an exiled duke with magical powers, in Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest" (Cleveland (Ohio) Press caption). Prospero decides to show mercy to his former enemies..

Dialogue

Prospero: "Lie at my mercy all mine enemies." (IV.i.264 )
"Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick,
Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury
Do I take part. The rarer action is
In virtue than in vengeance." (V.i.24-27).

Play Title

The Tempest

Series

Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC Television Network)

Venue

Television

Place of Production

New York (N.Y.)

Creator

Genre

Romance

Character

Prospero: Maurice Evans

Other Credits

NBC Television Network - Producer
George Schaefer - Producer
George Schaefer - Director
Rouben Ter-Artunian - Designer

Object Type

black-and-white photographs

Size of Original

9 x 7 in.

Donor

Cole, Joseph E.

Repository

Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.

Format

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