Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood
This novel is a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare´s The Tempest. It narrates the story of Felix, an aged director of theatre that is betrayed by his assistant Tony, who has, step by step, taken over his job and replaced him. Felix moves to a derelict warehouse in which he plans his revenge.
He starts talking with his daughter, who died when she was a toddler and it would have been a teenager. She remains invisible to others, according to Felix, but he can hear her living with him in the warehouse.
When he loses his job, Felix starts working as a theatre teacher in the nearby prison. There. he successfully trains inmates to express themselves and show a different side of their personalities.
When he finds out that Tony and Sal, another of his enemies in the theatre board, are visiting the prison to see a representation of a play, he decides to put The Tempest on stage. He is going to be Prospero and he hires a young actress called Anne-Marie to represents Miranda.
At the beginning, the convicts don't understand why he has chosen this play when they feel more attracted to plays such as Macbeth o Richard III. They dislike the presence of magic and, especially, of the fairies. However, with the help of Anne-Marie they take the play for themselves and make the performance unique.
When the time of revenge comes, Felix/Prospero is ready to use his actors to shock his enemies, leading them to an experience they will never forget.
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