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A set of equations describe the resultant trajectories when objects move owing to a constant gravitational force under normal Earth-bound conditions. For example, Newton's law of universal gravitation simplifies to F = mg, where m is the mass of the body. This assumption is reasonable for objects falling to earth over the relatively short vertical distances of our everyday experience, but is untrue over larger distances, such as spacecraft trajectories.
Contents
1 History
2 Overview
3 Equations
4 Examples
5 Acceleration relative to the rotating Earth
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
Galileo was the first to demonstrate and then formulate these equations. He used a ramp to study rolling balls, the ramp slowing the acceleration enough to measure the time taken for the ball to roll a known distance.[1][2] He measured elapsed time with a water clock, using an "extremely accurate balance" to measure the amount of water.[note 1]
The equations ignore air resistance, which has a dramatic effect on objects falling an appreciable distance in air, causing them to quickly approach a terminal velocity. The effect of air resistance varies enormously depending on the size and geometry of the falling object — for example, the equations are hopelessly wrong for a feather, which has a low mass but offers a large resistance to the air. (In the absence of an atmosphere all objects fall at the same rate, as astronaut David Scott demonstrated by dropping a hammer and a feather on the surface of the Moon.)
The equations also ignore the rotation of the Earth, failing to describe the Coriolis effect for example. Nevertheless, they are usually accurate enough for dense and compact objects falling over heights not exceeding the tallest man-made structures.
Overview[edit]
An initially stationary object which is allowed to fall freely under gravity falls a distance proportional to the square of the elapsed time. This image, spanning half a second, was captured with a stroboscopic flash at 20 flashes per second. During the first 0.05s the ball drops one unit of distance (about 12 mm), by 0.10s it has dropped at total of 4 units, by 0.15s 9 units, and so on.
Near the surface of the Earth, the acceleration due to gravity g = 9.81 m/s2 (meters per second squared; which might be thought of as "meters per second, per second", or 32.2 ft/s2 as "feet per second per second") approximately. For other planets, multiply g by the appropriate scaling factor. A coherent set of units for g, d, t and v is essential. Assuming SI units, g is measured in meters per second squared, so d must be measured in meters, t in seconds and v in meters per second.
In all cases, the body is assumed to start from rest, and air resistance is neglected. Generally, in Earth's atmosphere, all results below will therefore be quite inaccurate after only 5 seconds of fall (at which time an object's velocity will be a little less than the vacuum value of 49 m/s (9.8 m/s2 × 5 s) due to air resistance). Air resistance induces a drag force on any body that falls through any atmosphere other than a perfect vacuum, and this drag force increases with velocity until it equals the gravitational force, leaving the object to fall at a constant terminal velocity.
Atmospheric drag, the coefficient of drag for the object, the (instantaneous) velocity of the object, and the area presented to the airflow determine terminal velocity.
Apart from the last formula, these formulas also assume that g negligibly varies with height during the fall (that is, they assume constant acceleration). The last equation is more accurate where significant changes in fractional distance from the center of the planet during the fall cause significant changes in g. This equation occurs in many applications of basic physics.
Equations[edit]
Distance d {\displaystyle \ d\ } travelled by an object falling for time t {\displaystyle \ t\ } : d = 1 2 g t 2 {\displaystyle \ d={\frac {1}{2}}gt^{2}}
Time t {\displaystyle \ t\ } taken for an object to fall distance d {\displaystyle \ d\ } : t = 2 d g {\displaystyle \ t=\ {\sqrt {\frac {2d}{g}}}}
Instantaneous velocity v i {\displaystyle \ v_{i}\ } of a falling object after elapsed time t {\displaystyle \ t\ } : v i = g t {\displaystyle \ v_{i}=gt}
Instantaneous velocity v i {\displaystyle \ v_{i}\ } of a falling object that has travelled distance d {\displaystyle \ d\ } : v i = 2 g d {\displaystyle \ v_{i}={\sqrt {2gd}}\ }
Average velocity v a {\displaystyle \ v_{a}\ } of an object that has been falling for time t {\displaystyle \ t\ } (averaged over time): v a = 1 2 g t {\displaystyle \ v_{a}={\frac {1}{2}}gt}
Average velocity v a {\displaystyle \ v_{a}\ } of a falling object that has travelled distance d {\displaystyle \ d\ } (averaged over time): v a = 2 g d 2 {\displaystyle \ v_{a}={\frac {\sqrt {2gd}}{2}}\ }
Instantaneous velocity v i {\displaystyle \ v_{i}\ } of a falling object that has travelled distance d {\displaystyle \ d\ } on a planet with mass M {\displaystyle \ M\ } , with the combined radius of the planet and altitude of the falling object being r {\displaystyle \ r\ } , this equation is used for larger radii where g {\displaystyle \ g\ } is smaller than standard g {\displaystyle \ g\ } at the surface of Earth, but assumes a small distance of fall, so the change in g {\displaystyle \ g\ } is small and relatively constant: v i = 2 G M d r 2 {\displaystyle \ v_{i}={\sqrt {\frac {2GMd}{r^{2}}}}\ }
Instantaneous velocity v i {\displaystyle \ v_{i}\ } of a falling object that has travelled distance d {\displaystyle \ d\ } on a planet with mass M {\displaystyle \ M\ } and radius r {\displaystyle \ r\ } (used for large fall distances where g {\displaystyle \ g\ } can change significantly): v i = 2 G M ( 1 r − 1 r + d ) {\displaystyle \ v_{i}={\sqrt {2GM{\Big (}{\frac {1}{r}}-{\frac {1}{r+d}}{\Big )}}}\ }
Measured fall time of a small steel sphere falling from various heights. The data is in good agreement with the predicted fall time of 2 h / g {\displaystyle {\sqrt {2h/g}}} , where h is the height and g is the acceleration of gravity.
Examples[edit]
The first equation shows that, after one second, an object will have fallen a distance of 1/2 × 9.8 × 12 = 4.9 meters. After two seconds it will have fallen 1/2 × 9.8 × 22 = 19.6 meters; and so on. The second to last equation becomes grossly inaccurate at great distances. If an object fell 10,000 meters to Earth, then the results of both equations differ by only 0.08%; however, if it fell from geosynchronous orbit, which is 42,164 km, then the difference changes to almost 64%.
Based on wind resistance, for example, the terminal velocity of a skydiver in a belly-to-earth (i.e., face down) free-fall position is about 195 km/h (122 mph or 54 m/s). This velocity is the asymptotic limiting value of the acceleration process, because the effective forces on the body balance each other more and more closely as the terminal velocity is approached. In this example, a speed of 50% of terminal velocity is reached after only about 3 seconds, while it takes 8 seconds to reach 90%, 15 seconds to reach 99% and so on.
Higher speeds can be attained if the skydiver pulls in his or her limbs (see also freeflying). In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), which is almost the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey. The same terminal velocity is reached for a typical .30-06 bullet dropping downwards—when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or dropped from a tower—according to a 1920 U.S. Army Ordnance study.
Competition speed skydivers fly in the head down position and reach even higher speeds. The current world record is 1,357.6 km/h (843.6 mph/Mach 1.25) by Felix Baumgartner who skydived from 38,969.4 m (127,852.4 ft) above earth on 14 October 2012. The record was set due to the high altitude where the lesser density of the atmosphere decreased drag.
For astronomical bodies other than Earth, and for short distances of fall at other than "ground" level, g in the above equations may be replaced by G(M+m)/r2 where G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of the astronomical body, m is the mass of the falling body, and r is the radius from the falling object to the center of the body.
Removing the simplifying assumption of uniform gravitational acceleration provides more accurate results. We find from the formula for radial elliptic trajectories:
The time t taken for an object to fall from a height r to a height x, measured from the centers of the two bodies, is given by:
t = arccos  ( x r ) + x r ( 1 − x r ) 2 μ r 3 / 2 {\displaystyle t={\frac {\arccos {\Big (}{\sqrt {\frac {x}{r}}}{\Big )}+{\sqrt {{\frac {x}{r}}\ (1-{\frac {x}{r}})}}}{\sqrt {2\mu }}}\,r^{3/2}}
where μ = G ( m 1 + m 2 ) {\displaystyle \mu =G(m_{1}+m_{2})} is the sum of the standard gravitational parameters of the two bodies. This equation should be used whenever there is a significant difference in the gravitational acceleration during the fall.
Acceleration relative to the rotating Earth[edit]
Centripetal force causes the acceleration measured on the rotating surface of the Earth to differ from the acceleration that is measured for a free-falling body: the apparent acceleration in the rotating frame of reference is the total gravity vector minus a small vector toward the north-south axis of the Earth, corresponding to staying stationary in that frame of reference.
See also[edit]
Gravitation portal
De Motu Antiquiora and Two New Sciences (the earliest modern investigations of the motion of falling bodies)
Equations of motion
Free fall
Gravitation
Mean speed theorem, the foundation of the law of falling bodies
Radial trajectory
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ See the works of Stillman Drake, for a comprehensive study of Galileo and his times, the Scientific Revolution.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Jespersen, James; Fitz-Randolph, Jane. From Sundials to Clocks: Understanding Time and Frequency (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology Monograph 155 (Report) (1999 ed.). U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology. pp. 188–190.
Jump up ^ MacDougal, D.W. (2012). "Chapter 2 - Galileo's Great Discovery: How Things Fall". Newton’s Gravity: An Introductory Guide to the Mechanics of the Universe, Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (PDF). New York: Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5444-1_2.

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Rooster of Barcelos
The Rooster of Barcelos (Portuguese, "Galo de Barcelos") is one of the most common emblems of Portugal.
Contents
1 Legend
1.1 Variations
2 References
3 External links
Legend[edit]
The Rooster of Barcelos is sold as a common souvenir from Portugal.
The legend of the Rooster of Barcelos[1] tells the story of a dead rooster's miraculous intervention in proving the innocence of a man who had been falsely accused and sentenced to death. The story is associated with the 17th-century calvary that is part of the collection of the Archeological Museum located in Paço dos Condes, a gothic-style palace in Barcelos, a city in the Braga District of northwest Portugal.
According to the legend, silver had been stolen from a landowner in Barcelos, and the inhabitants of that city were looking for the criminal who had committed the crime. One day, a man from neighboring Galicia turned up and became suspect, despite his pleas of innocence. The Galician swore that he was merely passing through Barcelos on a Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela to complete a promise.
Nevertheless, the authorities arrested the Galician and condemned him to hang. The man asked them to take him in front of the judge who had condemned him. The authorities honored his request and took him to the house of the magistrate, who was holding a banquet with some friends. Affirming his innocence, the Galician pointed to a roasted cock on top of the banquet table and exclaimed, "It is as certain that I am innocent as it is certain that this rooster will crow when they hang me." The judge pushed aside his plate because he decided to not eat the rooster. But still, the judge ignored the Galician's appeal.
However, while the pilgrim was being hanged, the roasted rooster stood up on the table and crowed as the Galician predicted. Understanding his error, the judge ran to the gallows, only to discover that the Galician had been saved from hanging thanks to a poorly made knot in the rope. The man was immediately freed and sent off in peace.
Some years later, the Galician returned to Barcelos to sculpt the Calvary (or Crucifix) to the Lord of the Rooster (Portuguese, "Cruzeiro do Senhor do Galo") in praise to the Virgin Mary and to Saint James. The monument is located in the Archaeological Museum of Barcelos.
Variations[edit]
In all cases, the legend of the Rooster of Barcelos revolves around a dead rooster that crows to prove an accused man's innocence. However, there are variations to the story. The following are some of the variations:
The pilgrim is a guest whom the landowner invited to his banquet, where the silver is stolen.
The pilgrim stays at a local inn, and it is the greedy owner of the inn who falsely accuses the pilgrim of the crime.[2]
There are two pilgrims, a father and his son. The son is accused, and the father pleads his innocence by calling on the rooster to crow.[3]
The rooster crows as soon as the accused man declares it will, so the man is never taken to the gallows.
The accused is not identified as being from Galicia.
The logo is also used by Nando's, an international casual dining restaurant chain.[4]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Lenda do Galo de Barcelos (Portuguese)
Jump up ^ Lenda do Galo de Barcelos (Portuguese) Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ O Senhor do Galo de Barcelos e o Milagre do Enforcado (Portuguese), Infopédia (online). Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2011. Retrieved on 2011 February 07.
Jump up ^ "Nando's Chicken and the Portuguese Rooster". www.saywhydoi.com.
External links[edit]
Galo de Barcelos Video, by Daniel Oliveira Prins
The legend of the Rooster of Barcelos at the Barcelos City Hall's website (Portuguese)
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Return to the Forbidden Planet
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Return to the Forbidden Planet
Music
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Bob Carlton
Basis
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
1956 film Forbidden Planet written by: Cyril Hume, Irving Block and Allen Adler
Productions
1989 West End
1991 Off-Broadway
2009 St. Louis, MO
2015 Carlsbad, CA
Awards
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical 1989 & 1990
Return to the Forbidden Planet is a Jukebox musical by playwright Bob Carlton based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet (which itself drew its plot loosely from The Tempest). It was billed as "Shakespeare's forgotten rock and roll masterpiece".[citation needed]
Return to the Forbidden Planet started life with the Bubble Theatre Company as a production for open-air performance in a tent. A revised version of the musical opened, indoors, at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool in the mid-1980s.[1] It later moved to the Tricycle Theatre in London. After some rework a final version opened the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End in September 1989. It won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for both 1989 and 1990.
Contents
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1 Plot
1.1 Act 1
1.2 Act 2
2 Productions
3 Music
3.1 Songs featured
4 Awards and nominations
4.1 Original London production
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Act 1[edit]
The plot follows the crew of a routine survey flight under the command of Captain Tempest. After takeoff, Captain Tempest converses with the ship's new Science Officer, who is a woman, and they argue about the importance of men and women on earth. During their argument, the ship gets caught in a meteor shower. The Science Officer suggests that they use the shuttle craft and abandon ship, but Captain Tempest insists on flying through the storm. During the confusion, the Science Officer escapes the ship via shuttle craft. Their spaceship is drawn mysteriously to the planet D'Illyria where the crew meet mad scientist Doctor Prospero, who has been marooned on the planet since his wife and science partner Gloria sent him and their daughter Miranda into space. Doctor Prospero offers to help repair the broken starship and he, his daughter, and their robot Ariel come aboard. The ship's cook, Cookie, is instantly taken by Miranda's beauty and falls in love with her, a love he thinks she returns. In fact she has fallen in love with Captain Tempest, against the will of her father. During discussions about locating the missing Science Officer, Ariel reveals information about Doctor Prospero's new formula 'X Factor’, which can enhance the brain and mind. After an argument with his daughter over her love for the captain, Doctor Prospero takes the draught of 'X Factor'. Soon afterwards, the ship is attacked by a foul monster, but during the attack it is revealed that Ariel is in the airlock with the missing Science Officer. To save them both, Captain Tempest orders the airlock opened, which allows the monster to gain access to the ship. During the confusion of the attack it is revealed that the Science Officer is Doctor Prospero's wife Gloria, who is then taken by the monster, as its tentacles attack the rest of the ship.
Act 2[edit]
The story continues with the attack unfolding again, but this time Gloria isn't kidnapped by the monster, and Ariel the robot is able to attack the monster to make it retreat. After the attack, more is revealed about Doctor Prospero and Gloria's past. Captain Tempest puts Gloria under ship arrest for her crimes against her husband. She forms a quick alliance with Cookie, whom she persuades to release her and help steal the recipe for Doctor Prospero's 'X Factor' in exchange for helping him win over Miranda's heart. Gloria talks to Cookie, as Bosun, the ship's First Mate, talks to Captain Tempest about how to gain the love of Miranda. When the monster returns, it is revealed that it is created by Doctor Prospero's mind due to his having taken the 'X Factor'. Gloria tells Doctor Prospero that what she did to him was so that he could keep himself and their daughter safe from the 'X Factor'. Doctor Prospero has no choice but to leave the ship and sacrifice himself to save the others. Once Doctor Prospero has left, it is then revealed that D'Illyria is nothing other than a figment of Doctor Prospero’s imagination, as it starts to destroy itself once the doctor has died. The ship escapes. Once again in space Gloria blesses the union of Miranda and Captain Tempest, and Cookie is pardoned for his behaviour towards Miranda and Captain Tempest. The show ends with the entire crew safe and well with their Science Officer back and Captain Tempest with a new bride.
Productions[edit]
When the musical opened in Sydney, Australia, the beginning of a national tour, the pre-recorded narrator was Clive "Robbo" Robertson, who performed a futuristic parody of his own late-night TV news show, "Newsworld". An Australian cast album was released in 1991 by ATA Records.[citation needed]
On September 27, 1991, an Off-Broadway production opened in New York at the Variety Arts Theatre, a former nickelodeon movie theatre. Return to the Forbidden Planet was the first theatrical production in the new venue. The cast included Julee Cruise, known to audiences from her role in Twin Peaks. The pre-recorded narrator was James Doohan, famous as "Scotty" from Star Trek. It played to mixed reviews, but was nominated for two Outer Critics Circle Awards. It closed on April 26, 1992 after 243 performances. An American cast album was released in 1991 by Rhino Records.[citation needed]
The show was revived for touring productions in the United Kingdom in 1999, 2001 and 2002, featuring guest narration from Sir Patrick Moore. In 2003 the Brickhouse Theatre Company produced the musical in Cambridge at the Robinson College Auditorium. The musical was directed by Shahzad A. Jan and the guest narration was provided by Prof. Gerry F. Gilmore of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge. A new production toured the UK in 2006 with the pre-recorded narrator being the astrophysicist and guitarist from Queen, Brian May.[citation needed]
In Los Angeles, the ARK Theatre Company mounted a production of the musical, under the direction of Vanessa Claire Smith.[2]
New Line Theatre in St. Louis, MO staged the show in March 2009. Critic Paul Friswold of The Riverfront Times wrote about the production, “Bob Carlton's whimsical take on The Tempest as refracted through a 1950s sci-fi prism features a galaxy's worth of fantastic rock & roll songs, punning wordplays on snippets of Shakespearean monologues and intentionally ‘Pigs in Space’ costuming. But this is no parlor trick of a musical; there's a rich vein of Shakespeare's favorite ingredient — the wondrous depths of the human heart — that elevates the show from cunning stunt to artful meditation on the destructive nature of power and the redemptive power of love.”[3]
Bob Carlton was the Artistic Director at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, UK from the nineties. His final production at the theatre was of Return to the Forbidden Planet on 15 November 2014. This theatre has one of the last remaining through-cast repertory companies in the country. Here, as part of the rep season, "Return to the Forbidden Planet", was put on in August-September 2012, directed by Bob Carlton. Richard O'Brien appeared as the narrator, Musical Supervisor was Julian Littman, Musical Director Greg Last and Choreographer Frido Ruth.[citation needed]

Hornchurch 2012 Cast
Name
Character
James Earl Adair Prospero
Simon Jessop Bosun
Greg Last Navigation Officer
Jane Milligan Gloria
Natasha Moore Miranda
Sean Needham Captain Tempest
Mark Newnham Cookie
Richard O'Brien Narrator
Fredrick Ruth (Frido Ruth) Ariel
In November 2014, the show returned to the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, UK for the a 25th anniversary prior to a UK Tour[4] in 2015
Carlsbad, CA 2015 Cast
Name
Character
Manny Fernandes Prospero
Brian Butler Bosun
Morgan Carberry Navigation Officer
Marlene Montes Gloria
Kelly Christine Derouin Miranda
David Humphrey Captain Tempest
Charlie Gange Cookie
Kevane La'Marr Coleman Ariel
Music[edit]
The high energy show features a bevy of 1950s and 1960s rock and roll classics, performed on stage by the cast. The campy sci-fi setting consists of silvered space suit costumes and space ship sets concealing keyboards and drums. The robot, Ariel, is performed by an actor on roller skates, with a costume reminiscent of the original movie's Robby the Robot. The show's dialogue is largely adapted from well-known passages from Shakespeare. There is a part for narrator on pre-recorded video which was played in the original production by Magnus Pyke and in the London production by the astronomer and TV personality Sir Patrick Moore. A West End cast album was released in 1990 by Virgin Records.[5]
Songs featured[edit]
Act One
"Wipe Out"
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
"Great Balls of Fire"
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
"Good Vibrations"
"Yeh, Yeh"
"I'm Gonna Change the World"
"A Teenager in Love"
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
"Young Girl"
"She's Not There"
"Shakin' All Over" (at times performed as "All Shook Up")
"Gloria"
Act Two
"Who's Sorry Now?"
"Tell Him" (as "Tell Her")
"Oh, Pretty Woman"
"Robot Man" (Connie Francis version)
"Shake, Rattle and Roll"
"Go Now"
"Only the Lonely"
"The Young Ones"
"We Gotta Get out of This Place" (as "We Gotta Get Out into Space")
"Wipe Out"
"Mr. Spaceman"
"Monster Mash"
"Great Balls of Fire"
"Johnny B. Goode"
"Telstar"
Other Songs
"It's So Easy!"
"Join Together" and "When Will I Be Loved" (performed at the beginning of the Basingstoke run only)
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original London production[edit]
Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
1989 Laurence Olivier Award Best New Musical Won
Best Actor in a Musical Matthew Devitt Nominated
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Forbidden Planet - Production Notes". 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
Jump up ^ Curtain Up - Return to the Forbidden Planet review
Jump up ^ New Line Theatre's RTTFP webpage
Jump up ^ "UK Tour". http://www.forbiddenplanetreturns.com. Retrieved 10 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
Jump up ^ Amazon listing for the UK Cast CD
External links[edit]
US Licensing Details at Samuel French
UK Licensing Details at Josef Weinberger
New York Times review of Off Broadway production
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Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical (1976–2000)
A Chorus Line (1976)
The Comedy of Errors (1977)
Evita (1978)
Songbook (1979)
Sweeney Todd (1980)
Cats (1981)
Poppy (1982)
Blood Brothers (1983)
42nd Street (1984)
Me and My Girl (1985)
The Phantom of the Opera (1986)
Follies (1987)
Candide (1988)
Return to the Forbidden Planet (1989/1990)
Sunday in the Park with George (1991)
Carmen Jones (1992)
Crazy for You (1993)
City of Angels (1994)
Once on This Island (1995)
Jolson (1996)
Martin Guerre (1997)
Beauty and the Beast (1998)
Kat and the Kings (1999)
Honk! (2000)
Complete list
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William Shakespeare's The Tempest
Characters
Prospero
Miranda
Ariel
Caliban
Sycorax
Ferdinand
Gonzalo
Stephano
Sources
A True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight
Decades of the New World
Montaigne's Essays
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Erasmus's Naufragium
Commedia dell'arte
Sea Venture
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1911
1963
1979
2010
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Music
Three Shakespeare Songs (Vaughan Williams)
The Tempest (Sullivan)
The Tempest (Sibelius)
The Tempest (Tchaikovsky)
The Tempest (ballet) (Nordheim)
"Don't Pay the Ferryman" (1982)
Screen
Yellow Sky (1948)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Tempest (1982)
The Journey to Melonia (1989)
Prospero's Books (1991)
Painting
Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest (Hogarth)
Ferdinand Lured by Ariel (Millais)
Musicals
Beach Blanket Tempest
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Amaluna
Plays
The Tempest (Dryden)
The Sea Voyage
The Mock Tempest (1674 Duffet)
Une Tempête (1969 Césaire)
The Sea (play) (1973)
I'll Be The Devil (2008)
Opera
The Tempest (1756 Smith)
Die Geisterinsel (libretto 1796)
Die Geisterinsel (1798 Reichardt)
Die Geisterinsel (1805 Zumsteeg)
Der Sturm (1955 Martin)
Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs (1991 Nyman)
The Tempest (Adès 2004)
The Enchanted Island (2011 Sams)
Poetry and
prose fiction
Caliban upon Setebos (Browning)
The Sea and the Mirror (Auden)
Indigo (Warner)
A Midsummer Tempest (Anderson)
Island (Rogers)
Hag-Seed (Atwood)
Phrases
"Ariel's Song"
"Brave new world"
"Ding Dong Bell"
"Full fathom five"
"Sea change"
"What's past is prologue"
Sculpture
The Tempest (1966)
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