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Nov 9, 2023 · Many scholars believe the Sea Venture‘s wreck inspired Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. Many also think Stephen Hopkins inspired Stephano because of an incident on Bermuda. As the castaways labored to build their boats, Stephen Hopkins started questioning the authority of the group’s governor, Sir Thomas Gates.
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. Hopkins (1581-1644), second son of John Hopkins (1550-1593) and Elizabeth Williams (b. and d. unknown), was baptized at All Saints church, Upper Clatford ...
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Stephen Hopkins (by about 1579 – between 6 June and 17 July 1644) [1] 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. [2] He worked as a tanner and merchant and was recruited by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London to provide ...
Jul 18, 2022 · A film tracing these connections, Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck, premiered on Rhode Island PBS at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 15, 2021. In this 90-minute film, producer Andrew Giles Buckley and his production crew follow the story of Stephen Hopkins, the only passenger who had previously visited North America before ...
Nov 20, 2020 · Definition. Stephen Hopkins (l. 1581-1644 CE) was a passenger of the Mayflower on the voyage of 1620 CE which established the Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, USA. He was the only member of the party with prior experience in North America, having taken part in a mission to supply the Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1609 CE.
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Mar 12, 2021 · Hopkins is also the ancestor of documentary filmmaker Andrew Buckley’s. 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. We talk to Buckley about the documentary, walking in his great ...
Hopkins is believed to have died in the summer of 1644, but the location of his burial is unknown. The legacy of Stephen Hopkins. Stephen Hopkins is still remembered in Hampshire, where a series of guided walks allow you to hear all about his astonishing adventures and his links to Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.
