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   Nov 9, 2023 · The Tempest. A report of the shipwreck reached England, as did tales of the castaways. In November 1611, Shakespeare’s play The Tempest first appeared on the English stage. In a comic subplot, the drunken power-hungry butler named Stephano tries to depose the island’s ruler, Prospero.

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3. www.jamestowne.org › blog › who-was-stephen-hopkinsWho Was Stephen Hopkins? - Jamestowne Society

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   Dec 20, 2018 · The answer is Stephen Hopkins: a Jamestowne settler, Mayflower passenger and survivor of the wreck of the Sea Venture, reputed to be the basis for Shakespeare’s comedy, The Tempest.

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   Stephen Hopkins (by about 1579 – between 6 June and 17 July 1644) was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636.

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   Mar 12, 2021 · Buckley’s new documentary, Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck, traces Hopkins’s travels in England and the Americas and links him to The Tempest’s drunken, mutinous butler, Stephano.

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   Jul 18, 2022 · A descendant of Stephen Hopkins, Buckley grew up hearing stories of the man who may have inspired The Tempest’s own drunken and boisterous Stephano. This personal connection leads to the great retracing of steps throughout Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck.

7. www.worldhistory.org › Stephen_HopkinsStephen Hopkins - World History Encyclopedia

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   Nov 20, 2020 · The wreck of the Sea Venture, chronicled by one of the passengers, William Strachey (l. 1572-1621 CE), provided the inspiration for William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (written 1610-1611 CE), and one of the characters, Stephano, is believed to be based on Hopkins.

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   Why did Shakespeare write The Tempest?

   • In November 1611, Shakespeare’s play The Tempest first appeared on the English stage. In a comic subplot, the drunken power-hungry butler named Stephano tries to depose the island’s ruler, Prospero. Many scholars believe the Sea Venture ‘s wreck inspired Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.

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   Is the Tempest based on a true story?

   • The story of the Sea Venture is said to be the inspiration for The Tempest by William Shakespeare, when it first appeared on the London stage in November 1611. The episode when drunken, power-hungry butler Stephano tries to depose the island’s ruler, Prospero, may be based on Hopkin’s mutiny.

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   Is Stephen Hopkins a character in Shakespeare's shipwreck?

   • Andrew Buckley has produced a film called Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck. In it, he walks in Stephen Hopkins’s footsteps, sometimes literally, to talk about his role in the white settlement of North America, and, as the title of the film suggests, his possible appearance as a character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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   Was Stephen Hopkins on a shipwreck?

   • He was in a shipwreck. He was at Jamestown. He was on the Mayflower. And maybe, just maybe, he’s in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Stephen Hopkins was the only passenger on the Mayflower who had previously been to the Americas.

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9. www.folger.edu › shakespeares-works › the-tempestThe Tempest | Folger Shakespeare Library

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   Aug 29, 2023 · Introduction to the play. Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban.