BookAges 14–15
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
British
Prospero on his island breaks his staff and drowns his books. Shakespeare's last solo play and his farewell to the stage.
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Related quotes from the canon
“We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.”
— Prospero (William Shakespeare), The Tempest, Act IV, Scene i