There’s a lot of Shakespearean swearing in this new Tempest adventure…but also a mischief, curiosity and vigour that’s entirely Atwood and is sure to delight her fans. Retelling of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ in Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Hag-Seed’ March 2022 DOI: 10.52340/lac.2022.769 Authors: Manana Gelashvili Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University No. When he lands a job teaching theatre in a prison, the possibility of revenge presents itself – and his cast find themselves taking part in an interactive and illusion-ridden version of The Tempest that will change their lives forever. In Margaret Atwood’s ‘novel take’ on Shakespeare’s original, theatre director Felix has been unceremoniously ousted from his role as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Festival. All Prospero, the great sorcerer, needs to do is watch as the action he has set in train unfolds. Here, Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, plots to restore the fortunes of his daughter Miranda by using magic and illusion - starting with a storm that will bring Antonio, his treacherous brother, to him. The Tempest is set on a remote island full of strange noises and creatures. Atwood acknowledges the post-colonial readings of The Tempest, but her focus is the debate over Prospero as creative genius versus Prospero as the maniacal and.
Hag-Seed is a re-visiting of Shakespeare’s play of magic and illusion, The Tempest, and will be the fourth novel in the Hogarth Shakespeare series. Category: Shakespeare Retold: The Tempest
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