The Tempest, R.S.C., 1998: Anthony Ward: designer: Adrian Noble: director; Robert Glenister as Caliban.

"The cloud-decked cyclorama; the huge horned shell out of which Prospero prises black Caliban like a hermit crab; the magic sky-blue cloak worn by Prospero whose train rises up into the skies; the vast red wings on which Ariel descends upon Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio like an avenging angel...these are wonderful, as is the breathtaking speed with which individual items of scenery are spirited onstage and off." Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times 28.2.98 (image & data courtesy of ahds.ac.uk/performingarts). These effects are staging in the spirit of Inigo Jones (see Gallery 12, Album 4, Page 2). HMR