Casting a woman as Prospero in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is no longer a novelty. Helen Mirren starred as Prospera in the 2010 Julie Taymor film and, more recently, Harriet Walter put her indelible stamp on the role in an all-female "Tempest" that originated at London's Donmar Warehouse....
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:05PM on June 26, 2018