Download or read book The Tempest (Annotated) written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him, although some scholars have argued for an earlier dating. While listed as a comedy in its initial publication in the First Folio of 1623, many modern editors have relabelled the play a romance.