Overview
Character Name
Prospero
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dramatic Function
Authority Figure, Protagonist, Mentor/Guide
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Ship, Mediterranean Island, Renaissance
Analysis
Prospero is the former Duke of Milan who was banished by his usurping brother Antonio and the King of Naples twelve years before the events of The Tempest. Cast adrift at sea with his infant daughter Miranda, he found refuge on a remote, seemingly uninhabited island, where
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