Editing Prospero (section)

=== Stage ===
Portrayals of Prospero in Royal Shakespeare Company productions include:
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* [[Robert Harris (British actor)|Robert Harris]] (1948)
* [[Michael Redgrave|Sir Michael Redgrave]] (1951)
* [[Ralph Richardson|Sir Ralph Richardson]] (1952)
* [[John Gielgud|Sir John Gielgud]] (1956, 1957)
* [[Tom Fleming (actor)|Tom Fleming]] (1963)
* [[Ian Richardson]] (1970)
* [[Michael Aldridge]] (1974)
* [[Michael Hordern|Sir Michael Hordern]] (1978)
* [[Derek Jacobi]] (1982)
* [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]] (1988)
* [[Alec McCowen]] (1993)
* [[Paul Jesson]] (1995)
* [[David Calder (actor)|David Calder]] (1998)
* [[Philip Voss]] (2000), a production that utilized [[vocal music]] rather than instrumental
* [[Malcolm Storry]] (2002)
* [[Patrick Stewart|Sir Patrick Stewart]] (2006) in [[Rupert Goold]]'s very loose 2006 interpretation
* [[Antony Sher]] (2009)
* [[Jonathan Slinger]] (2012) directed by [[David Farr (theatre director)|David Farr]].
* [[Simon Russell Beale]] (2016), a production directed by [[Gregory Doran]] that used Digital technology to create many of the special effects.
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Portrayals of Prospero at the [[Old Vic]] include:
* [[John Gielgud|Sir John Gielgud]] (1931, 1940, 1974)
* [[Max von Sydow]] (1988)
* [[Derek Jacobi|Sir Derek Jacobi]] (2003)
* [[Stephen Dillane]] (2010)

Portrayals of Prospero for the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] include:
* [[James Earl Jones]] (1962)
* [[Raul Julia]] (1981)
* [[Patrick Stewart]] (1995) at the [[Delacorte Theater]], later moved to Broadway's [[Broadhurst Theater]].
* [[Sam Waterston]] (2015)

Portrayals of Prospero for [[Shakespeare's Globe|the Globe Theatre]] include:
* [[Vanessa Redgrave]] (2000); she also played "Ariel" to her father [[Michael Redgrave|Sir Michael Redgrave]]'s "Prospero" in the 1964 [[Caedmon Audio|Caedmon]] recording.
* [[Roger Allam]] (2013), videotaped and later broadcast as part of their Live Cinema broadcasts.

Portrayals of Prospero for the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] include:
* [[William Hutt (actor)|William Hutt]] (1962, 1976, 1999, 2005)
* [[Len Cariou]] (1982), videotaped and broadcast on television in 1983
* [[Alan Scarfe]] (1992)
* [[Christopher Plummer]] (2010), videotaped and broadcast on television
* [[Martha Henry]] (2018)

Other stage portrayals of Prospero include:
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* [[Graham Crowden]] (1970), at London's [[Mermaid Theatre]], directed by [[Jonathan Miller]].
* Sir John Gielgud (1974), at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]].
* Sam Waterston (1974), [[Off-Broadway]] at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]].
* [[Anthony Hopkins|Sir Anthony Hopkins]] (1979), opposite [[Stephanie Zimbalist]] as Miranda at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/stage-new-approach-to-the-tempest-on-coast-those-are-pearls.html|title=Stage: New Approach to the Tempest' on Coast|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 May 1979|last1=Eder|first1=Richard}}</ref>
* [[Frank Langella]] (1989), opposite [[B. D. Wong]] as Ariel with the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] in New York City.
* [[Blair Brown]] as "Prospera" (2003), at the [[McCarter Theatre|McCarter Theatre Center]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/the-tempest-19-1200542991|title = The Tempest|date = 5 March 2003}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Fiennes]] (2011), at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]] directed by [[Trevor Nunn]].
* [[Harriet Walter]] (2017), in [[Phyllida Lloyd]]'s [[Donmar Warehouse]] production, which was set in an all-women's prison and performed by the inmates.
* [[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]] as "Prospera" (2018), at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in [[San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/theater/reviews/la-et-cm-the-tempest-review-20180625-story.html| title = Review: 'The Tempest' at the Old Globe: Kate Burton casts a benevolent spell as Prospera - Los Angeles Times| website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = 26 June 2018}}</ref>
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