Prospero

[ pros-puh-roh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Before his arrest, Prospero Serna had a string of custody battles, domestic violence restraining orders, and criminal cases — including a conviction for causing a fire to a structure or forest.

From Los Angeles Times

Prospero Serna was detained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday for allegedly killing two of his four biological children, who were discovered by authorities after their mother made a frantic 911 call directing deputies to an apartment in Lancaster, according to the department.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2012, Isherwood called him “commandingly grave” in John Patrick Shanley’s play “Storefront Church,” and in 2015, Laura Collins-Hughes described his performance as Prospero in “The Tempest” as “moving” and “understated.”

From Seattle Times

Realism would be laughable when dealing with a play set on a desert island ruled by Prospero, an exiled Italian duke who has acquired supernatural powers and has at his beck and call a spirit servant named Ariel.

From Los Angeles Times