Author: Robertson Davies. Published by Penguin Books, Toronto, ON., 1980, Printed in Canada by Webcom. A Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover scuffs, stain along right-hand edge, and age-yellowed. Clean inside, tight spine. TEMPEST TOST, is where "Canada's Famous Robertson Davies brings us backstage for 'an amusing look at loves, intrigues and fantasies behind the footlights." An amateur production of The Tempest provides a colourful backdrop for an hilarious look at unrequited love. Mathematics teacher Hector Mackilwraith, stirred and troubled by Shakespeare's play, falls in love with the beautiful Griselda Webster. When Griselda shows that she has plans of her own, Hector despairs and tries to commit suicide on the play's opening night. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSL FRSC, (August 28, 1913 - December 2, 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. ISBN: 0140054316 GC&C Stock #1813
