3 Star Review for The Tempest: The Print Room at The Coronet
https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/153493/the-tempest-the-print-room-at-the-coronet-review/ Hugh John and Paul Hamilton – Photo by Marc Brenner William Shakespeare has probably given the English language more new words – according to Shakespeare online he invented over 1700 words – and individual quotes than any other playwright. In fact, I think barely a day goes by when someone in my vicinity inadvertently quotes Shakespeare’s works. I’m not sure which of the Bard’s works have produced the most oft-used quotes but if I was to take a guess, I would suggest it is The Tempest – a new version of which I saw recently at the Print Room at The Coronet in Notting Hill. The story of The Tempest is fairly well known. A ship carrying Alfonso, the King of Naples (Paul Hamilton), his son and heir Ferdinand (Hugh John), the king’s brother Sebastian, Antonio, the Duke of Milan (Callum Dixon) and Gonzalo (Steven Beard) a kindly elderly courtier, flounders in a horr...