Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold

A table of consolidated class results lists “prisoners,” “prisons,” and “jailers” present in The Tempest. 

The date is January 16, 2013. The prisoners review their consolidated class results, which list eight “prisons.” Felix says that there is a ninth that he will tell them about after they’ve performed the play. Felix points out that “where there are prisoners there have to be enforcers” (134). The prisoners study the goblins in the play: “They’re the agents of control, but also they’re the enablers of vengeance and retribution. They do the hands-on dirty work” (135). Each prisoner will play both their character and a goblin. 

The date is January 17, 2013. Felix casts his play and assigns production roles. Now he must figure out how to use the goblins for his second performance: the improvised play with Sal and Tony.