Project Gutenberg 2010-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 164 Kipling, Rudyard 1865 1936 Kipling, R. (Rudyard) Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Thorndike, Ashley Horace 1871 1933 Thorndike, Ashley H. 16024449 How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "How Shakspere Came to Write the 'Tempest'" by Rudyard Kipling is an insightful essay written in the early 20th century that explores the creative genesis of Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest." It serves as a critical analysis and reconstruction of the inspiration behind the work, delving into the confluence of Shakespeare's imagination, the influences of his time, and the real-life events that may have sparked his creativity. Kipling's essay forms part of the "Papers on Playmaking" series published by the Dramatic Museum of Columbia University. In this essay, Kipling posits that Shakespeare drew upon various mundane and prosaic sources to depict the enchanting world of "The Tempest." He imagines a scenario where a stage manager overhears a drunken sailor recounting tales of shipwrecks and mysterious islands, suggesting that such conversations may have inspired the play's elements. Kipling meticulously connects the characters and events within "The Tempest" to the sailor's narrative and the broader context of Elizabethan drama and spectacle. Ultimately, he argues that the intertwining of reality and imaginative creativity is what birthed this profound theatrical work, showcasing Shakespeare's unique ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32991/32991-h/images/title.png Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 70111 2025-07-13T10:47:31.454773 text/html 67365 2021-01-06T19:41:16 text/html 121897 2025-07-13T10:47:36.872751 application/epub+zip 120080 2025-07-13T10:47:34.472820 application/epub+zip 100984 2025-07-13T10:47:33.342785 application/epub+zip 270465 2025-07-13T10:47:38.653317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257552 2025-07-13T10:47:36.159763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225408 2022-09-15T07:21:55.051081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58960 2025-07-13T10:47:31.180803 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58875 2021-01-06T19:41:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58864 2021-01-06T19:41:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21041 2025-07-13T10:47:38.787237 application/rdf+xml 17497 2025-07-13T10:47:33.839775 image/jpeg 4114 2025-07-13T10:47:33.591759 image/jpeg 23650 2021-01-06T19:41:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 36099 2021-01-06T19:41:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 23633 2021-01-06T19:41:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 117533 2025-07-13T10:47:31.464798 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia