SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS: A MUSICAL TEMPEST

Suggested by Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”

Book, Music and Lyrics by Neil K. Newell

Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry

(OTHER POSSIBLE TITLES: “BRAVE NEW WORLD,” “A TEMPEST MUSICAL”)

You thought you knew “The Tempest”? Well, get ready for this version. We start before Shakespeare begins. We see Prospero and Miranda arrive. We see Ariel deposit Sycorax and Caliban on the isle. We see Ariel impaled in the ‘oak’ and we see Propsero defeat Sycorax. We then see Sycorax come to life again through the intervention of  Caliban and the strangers deposited on the island by Prospero’s tempest. As in the original, goodness prevails but only after valuable lessons have been learned by all. This story now involves the conflict between Sycorax/Caliban and Prospero. It is no longer an epic fantasy but a taught, musical drama with a lively and modern score. “Don’t Just Sip The Water”, “I Looked At The Moon”, “Such Stuff As Dreams”, “That’s Love”, “Brave New World”, “Have No Pity–Rule A City”, are among the songs that fill this score with inventive music and singable lyrics.

SAMPLE SONGS:  author demos

A Premiére Play File with Premiére Theatrical Licensing