The Tempest by William Shakespeare

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1610–11 and first published in 1623 in the First Folio. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place by using illusion and skilful manipulation. The eponymous tempest brings to the island Prospero's usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.


From the book

On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and light-ning heard.
Enter a Master and a Boatswain
Master 
Boatswain!
Boatswain 
Here, master: what cheer?
Master 
Good, speak to the mariners: fall to't, yarely,
or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir.
Exit
Enter Mariners
Boatswain 
Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts!
yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the
master's whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind,
if room enough!
Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, 
GONZALO, and others
ALONSO 
Good boatswain, have care. Where's the master?
Play the men.
Boatswain 
I pray now, keep below.
ACT I SCENE I. 3
ANTONIO 
Where is the master, boatswain?
Boatswain 
Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your
cabins: you do assist the storm.
GONZALO 
Nay, good, be patient.

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