′We are such stuffAs dreams are made on; and our little lifeIs rounded with a sleep.′Magical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeare′s The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions and a shipwrec
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《暴風雨》揭幕於前米蘭公爵普洛斯帕羅,在被放逐了十二年受盡屈辱後,藉魔法與精靈之助,在海上掀起暴風雨,擊沉了敵人的船隻。對於上岸的生還者,他將終於展開復仇?或會泯棄仇恨,為他的女兒與敵人的兒子締結良緣?“Hell is empty. All the devils are here!”地獄空了,所有的魔鬼都在這裡了!(Act I, Scene II)“We are such stuff as dre
十九世紀英國教育極重視莎翁作品,1806年英國作家高德溫(William Godwin)邀請了查爾斯.蘭姆(Charles Lamb)協助「少年圖書館」的出版計畫,查爾斯於是和姊姊共同合作,將莎翁的劇本改寫為適合青少年閱讀的故事,而出版了《莎士比亞戲劇故事集》(Tales from Shakespeare)。 本書採用蘭姆姊弟(Charles and Mary Lamb)改寫的故事,不同於莎翁的原