Trivia

The role of Prospero was originally intended for an older actor and John Gielgud was approached but declined. It was then offered to Terry-Thomas but his failing health caused him to turn it down. The character was then rewritten as a younger Prospero and Heathcote Williams was cast.

The last feature of Elisabeth Welch.

Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Evelyn Jarman.

Shot Entirely On Location In England, At Stoneleigh Abbey and Bamburg.

This is a most unusual film version of Shakespeare's play "The Tempest", in that the witch Sycorax (famously 'this blue-eyed hag') is actually seen on-screen.