The Tempest: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Tempest, credited to John Dryden; William Davenant, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Tempest by John Dryden and William Davenant. Read in English by a full cast. John Dryden and William D'Avenant's Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest preserves the main plot and characters of the original. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, lives on an isolated island with his daughter Miranda, and plans to take revenge on his brother Antonio, who usurped his throne. He is aided by his servant, the airy sprite Ariel, and is hated by his other servant, the monster Caliban. Dryden and D'Avenant added in a number of characters: Dorinda, Prospero's other daughter, Hippolito, a young man who has never seen a woman, Sycorax, Caliban's sister, and more spirits and comic mariners. They also added more song, dance, and spectacle. Their version was considered the definitive Tempest until the 19th century. - Summary by Elizabeth Klett Cast Narrator/Miranda/Stephano: Elizabeth Klett Mustacho/Third Devil/Neptune: Kristin Gjerløw Ventoso/Pride: Frances Brown Trincalo/Fraud: mb Hippolito/Cabin-boy: bala Alonzo: Algy Pug Antonio: Leonard Wilson Gonzalo: Bob Neufeld Ferdinand: Eden Rea-Hedrick Prospero: Bruce Pirie Ariel/Aeolus: Libby Gohn Milcha/First Devil/Amphitrite: Availle Caliban/Second Devil/Tethys: Alan Mapstone Dorinda: Maryanka Sycorax/Murder/Oceanus: Lucy Perry Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Tempest
• Author credits: John Dryden; William Davenant
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:48:56

Catalogue topics

• tempest
• restoration
• adaptation

Track guide

1. 01 - Prologue/Act 1 — 31:59
2. 02 - Act 2 — 36:58
3. 03 - Act 3 — 37:54
4. 04 - Act 4 — 38:00
5. 05 - Act 5/Epilogue — 24:05

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