The Prometheus Unbound is in one sense a nature-drama. The Soul of Nature is herself one of the personages. We are transported from the wildest mountain scenery to the luxuriance of tropical valleys.

The big box-office question about Prometheus has not been whether it is (or isn't) a prequel to Alien, but how many people will (or won't) buy tickets to the shrouded-in-mystery Ridley Scott film.

The conductor William Vann discusses his new recording of Parry's Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound – Gramophone 's Recording of the Month – with Editor Martin Cullingford. Find out more about ...

The Prometheus Unbound is weak, first, because it has no hint of the modern scientific conception of evolution ; second, because of the vagueness of its religious ideals.