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Title: How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest

Author: Rudyard Kipling
Ashley H. Thorndike

Release Date: June 27, 2010 [EBook #32991]

Language: English

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How Shakspere Came to Write the 'Tempest'

PUBLICATIONS
of the
Dramatic Museum
OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

_Third Series_

Papers on Playmaking:

I HOW SHAKSPERE CAME TO WRITE THE 'TEMPEST'. By Rudyard Kipling.
With an introduction by Ashley H. Thorndike.

II HOW PLAYS ARE WRITTEN. Letters from Augier, Dumas, Sardou,
Zola and others. Translated by Dudley Miles. With an
introduction by William Gillette.

III A STAGE PLAY. By Sir William Schenck Gilbert. With an
introduction by William Archer.

IV A THEORY OF THE THEATER. By Francisque Sarcey. Translated by
H. H. Hughes. With an introduction and notes by Brander
Matthews.

V (Extra volume) A catalog of Models and of Stage-Sets in the
Dramatic Museum of Columbia University.

PAPERS ON PLAYMAKING

I

How Shakspere Came to
Write the 'Tempest'

BY
RUDYARD KIPLING

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE

Printed for the
Dramatic Museum of Columbia University
_in the City of New York_
MCMXVI

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES COPYRIGHT 1916 BY
DRAMATIC MUSEUM OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

CONTENTS

Introduction by Ashley H. Thorndike 1

How Shakspere Came to Write the 'Tempest' 23

Notes by A. H. T. 33

INTRODUCTION

Mr. Kipling's brilliant reconstruction of the genesis of the 'Tempest'
may remind us how often that play has excited the creative fancy of its
readers. It has given rise to many imitations, adaptations, and sequels.
Fletcher copied its storm, its desert island, and its wo