The Tempest - 2010 film

This 2012 film adaptation of 'The Tempest', although a lot darker then both the original play and our production, bares one key resemblance to our piece: A female Prospero.

The writer and director of the film, Julie Taymor, changed the character's gender to cast Helen Mirren as Prospera. Taymor explained the casting decision, "I didn't really have a male actor that excited me in mind, and yet there had been a couple of phenomenal females who made me think: 'My God, does this play change? What happens if you make that role into a female role?'" 

In the adaptation, Prospera is the wife of the Duke. She is "more overtly wronged" than Prospero; when the duke is killed, Prospera's brother Antonio accuses her of killing him with witchcraft. Antonio makes the accusation to be rid of Prospera and claim her royal title. Taymor said, "She had her whole life taken away from her because she was a woman." Prospera wants to prevent the same thing from happening to her daughter.