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Mamma Mia! is Shakespeare’s Tempest in campy musical disguise

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par Elizabeth Schafer, Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London

Mamma Mia!, the 1999 jukebox musical built around the songs of the pop group ABBA, became a huge hit in the theatre internationally and later a commercially successful feature film. It has inspired a host of spinoffs including a prequel film, an immersive dining experience and fan fiction.

What if I told you that it could also be Shakespeare’s The Tempest in disguise?

Both Mamma Mia! and The Tempest centre around a single parent figure – Donna, Prospero – who lives on a fantasy Mediterranean…

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