Prospero
Americannoun
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He even enlists Rosalind in ”As You Like It” and Prospero in “The Tempest” to bid their audiences farewell.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
The Prospero and Ariel statue has been on display at the BBC since 1933.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
As Weaver's Prospero declaimed "Come forth, I say," Hayley sprang from her seat and rushed the stage with Richard Weir, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tyneside.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
Bushy-browed Waterston began his acting career as a stage actor in New York with a number of Shakespeare roles, including Lear, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, Prospero, Leonato, Prince Hal, Silvius, Cloten and Benedict.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
I spread my arms out even wider, and tried to imagine long robes with sleeves that flowed down along the arms of Prospero.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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