'The Tempest', a comedy thought to be the last play that William Shakespeare ever wrote. Set on an enchanted island, with themes of treason, justice, power, revenge,  betrayal, forgiveness, and love, it continues to captivate audiences four centuries after it first took London by storm. Written in complex poetic language it follows the classical rules of Greek drama. Born in the age Elizabeth I, Shakespeare became the most popular dramatist of his day.