William shakespeare album the tempest the tempest act 1 scene 1 lyrics scene i on a ship at sea a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard enter a master and a boatswain master . Exiled prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter miranda when prosperos usurping brother sails by the island prospero conjures a storm that w. The tempest the annotated shakespeare kindle edition by shakespeare william burton raffel harold bloom download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the tempest the annotated shakespeare. The tempest written between 1610 and 1611 is most likely the last play that shakespeare wrote entirely by himself and one of the few whose plot did not derive from any one clear source instead the play draws its themes from many places most notably from the travel narratives of shakespeares time. The tempest seems to have premiered in 1610 or more likely 1611 and a court performance is recorded in the latter year it is probably the last play wholly by shakespeare and also the most tightly plotted it is one of the most fantastic if one leaves aside merely far fetched improbabilities in for example the winters tale the only rival is a midsummer nights dream