Margaret Atwood’s novel take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, revenge and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own. It’s magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall? Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. And also brewing revenge.Īfter twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. In ‘Hag-Seed’, Felix imprisons both himself and Miranda within his thoughts, punishing himself, as well as. Imprisonment is a central theme evident in both texts, entrapping characters within their own mindsets or within their setting. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. been reshaped in ‘Hag-Seed’ to recapture the complex mindsets of these characters in a modern setting. Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. His productions have amazed and confounded. Definitely revenge.’įelix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. Selected as a Book of the Year - Observer, Sunday Times, Times, Guardian, i magazine They dont really have to think about it much they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves. ** Longlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction ** Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people dont do things for the money, they simply have money, and thats what allows they to be noble.
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