Past productions
Our productions of The Tempest over the years have included many famous actors playing Prospero: Michael Redgrave in 1951; John Gielgud in 1957; Ian Richardson in 1970; Michael Hordern in 1978; Derek Jacobi in 1982; John Wood in 1988; Alec McCowen in 1993; Patrick Stewart in 2006, Simon Russell Beale in 2016 and Alex Kingston in 2023.
Here you can find out more about some of our key past productions, giving you an insight into how they were staged and the directorial choices that were made.
