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Prospero

American  
[pros-puh-roh] / ˈprɒs pəˌroʊ /

noun

  1. (in Shakespeare'sThe Tempest ) the exiled Duke of Milan, who is a magician.


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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