The Tempest

This set of Teachers' Notes has been prepared to accompany the University of Southern Queensland's 2009 Shakespeare in the Park Festival production of The Tempest.

The notes include:

• Cast list
• Synopsis of play
• Style of the play
  • Genre
    • Tragedy
    • Romance
    • Comedy
  • Neoclassicism
    • The three unities
    • Verisimilitude
    • Decorum
• Colonialism
  • Demonising
  • Fear of miscegenation
  • Appropriation
  • The colonised: Why aren't they grateful?
• Pretty monsters
• Playlists
• Links and resources
  

Compiled by Lauren Sherritt in consultation with Dr Janet McDonald.