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Dryden and Davenant, The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island (Pages 30-31)

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Page 30: Dorinda and Hippolyto (played by a female actor) titillate and amuse the audience by their confusion as they discover sexual feeling, without knowing what it is, having been raised in isolation from society on the island.

Page 31:…

Dryden and Davenant, The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island (Pages 12-15)

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Page 12: Charged struggles between Caliban and Prospero (above) are upstaged by focus on Prospero’s daughters’ introductions to men. Here Prospero’s added daughter, Dorinda, enters for the first time (below).

Page 13: Miranda and Dorinda reveal…

Lamb: Tales from Shakespeare [1923] (Title Page)

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The Petershams depict toddler Miranda enjoying stylized waves and Prospero holding her carefully (click twice for maximum detail). Their dynamic design and color give life and feeling to an episode only described second-hand in the play.