Classical Comics Teaching Resource Pack: The Tempest: Making Shakespeare Accessible for Teachers and Students

A classroom-ready teaching resource for Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with activities and exercises designed to support language, history, drama, and art.

The Tempest, with its vibrant characters — including the sorcerer Prospero, the magical sprite Ariel, and the twisted Caliban — along with its colorful island setting and dramatic plot, is one of Shakespeare’s most alluring plays.

In this teaching resource, Kornel Kossuth shows students how to appreciate the play through a series of activities and exercises exploring Shakespeare’s use of language, history, drama, and art. Illustrator Jon Haward brings these themes — and the exciting story — to life with vivid artwork.

Designed to support classroom study and guided discussion, this teaching resource can be used with any edition of The Tempest.

Kornel Kossuth is an English language teacher and writer who develops classroom resources supporting the study of classic literature. His books include study guides for Classical Comics which are widely utilized in schools across the UK and US.

Jon Haward was a British comic artist born in 1965 in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. He illustrated a great many well-known characters including Judge Dredd in 2000AD and The Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel. For Classical Comics he created characters and artwork for Macbeth and The Tempest and was art director for Frankenstein.

Gary Erskine is a Scottish comic book artist who inked both Macbeth and The Tempest for Classical Comics. Previously he worked for Marvel and DC Comics on Captain America and Batman titles and has also contributed to licenses including Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who.

Nigel Dobbyn was a British comic artist who colored and lettered both Macbeth and The Tempest for Classical Comics. He also wrote and illustrated “Billy The Cat" for The Beano and produced work for 2000AD and Sonic The Comic amongst other titles.

Joe Sutliff Sanders is a prominent children's literature scholar and an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is a former junior high school English teacher in Japan and he edited the American English text for four of Classical Comics’ US adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays as well as many classic texts in the series.

Clive Bryant is the founder of Classical Comics and has served as Editor-in-Chief for the series.