“The Tempest”.  By William Shakespeare.  Directed by Steven Maler.  Presented by  Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Boston Common through August 8.

by Michele Markarian

From the opening moment of “The Tempest”, Prospero (John Douglas Thompson) front and center, the cast readied behind him, exhaling audibly with rising urgency, you know you’re about to witness something special. The tempest itself is a thing of terrifying beauty, causing sails and passengers to flail and fall. There’s nothing like the wonder of watching a play where you know what’s going to happen but, in the moment of the scene, you completely forget. Let’s just say I was relieved when Prospero assures his daughter Miranda (Nora Eschenheimer) in the next scene that none of the passengers have been hurt. 

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