authority, The Tempest' has been comparatively free from editorial revisions in succeeding editions. The play is the shortest of all, except The Comedie of Errors,' but was lengthened in presentation by the Masque and other stage pageantry introduced. The Epilogue is supposed to be by another writer. [DRAMATIS PERSONÆ ALONSO, King of Naples. SEBASTIAN, his brother. PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan. ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan. FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples. GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor. CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave. STEPHANO, a drunken Butler. Master of a Ship. Boatswain. Mariners. |