The Tempest (1908)

Name: The Tempest
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1908-11-01

12m

Running Time

Plot.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban. Then Prospero uses his powers to create a tempest that shipwrecks some of the persons who caused his exile.

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Cast & Crew.

Percy Stow

Director

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Langford Reed

Screenplay

Langford Reed

Writer

Details.

Release Date
November 1, 1908

Status
Released

Running Time
12m

Genres
Drama Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

based on play or musical

silent film

Wiki.

The Tempest is a 1908 British-made silent film directed by film pioneer Percy Stow who specialised in trick photography.

The 'delightful' film was made by the Clarendon Film Company founded by Stow and Henry Vassal Lawley. It was written by Langford Reed and was the second screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, the first being when Charles Urban filmed the opening storm sequence of Herbert Beerbohm Tree's stage version at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1905 for a 2+1⁄2-minute flicker. Stow's film can be said to be the first cinematic version designed specifically for film and in its 12 minute length manages to convey some of the magic of Shakespeare's play.