![]() His “Pericles” involves extraterrestrials. In Atwood’s version, the Antonio character is Tony, Felix’s festival partner, who handles operational matters while Felix immerses himself in staging ever-wilder productions of the kind that typically make small-town boards of directors a little nervous. In the original play, Prospero was deposed as duke of Milan by his conniving brother, Antonio. In “Hag-Seed,” the fourth in the series, Margaret Atwood has taken on “The Tempest.” The setting is present-day Canada, and her Prospero is Felix, artistic director of an Ontario theater festival. To date, eight novelists have signed on to reinterpret eight plays. ![]() Some years ago, the publishing company Hogarth announced a fascinating initiative: a series of novels based on Shakespeare’s most famous works. ![]() ![]() HAG-SEED “The Tempest” Retold By Margaret Atwood 301 pp. ![]()
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