def play_shepherd_tour(driver, tour_steps, msg_dur, name=None, interval=0):
    """ Plays a Shepherd tour on the current website. """
    instructions = ""
    for tour_step in tour_steps[name]:
        instructions += tour_step
    instructions += ("""
        // Start the tour
        tour.start();
        $tour = tour;""")
    autoplay = False
    if interval and interval > 0:
        autoplay = True
        interval = float(interval)
        if interval < 0.5:
            interval = 0.5

    if not is_shepherd_activated(driver):
        activate_shepherd(driver)

    if len(tour_steps[name]) > 1:
        try:
            selector = re.search(
                r"[\S\s]+{element: '([\S\s]+)', on: [\S\s]+",
                tour_steps[name][1]).group(1)
            selector = selector.replace('\\', '')
            page_actions.wait_for_element_present(
                driver, selector, by=By.CSS_SELECTOR,
                timeout=settings.SMALL_TIMEOUT)
        except Exception:
            js_utils.post_messenger_error_message(
                driver, "Tour Error: {'%s'} was not found!" % selector,
                msg_dur)
            raise Exception(
                "Tour Error: {'%s'} was not found! "
                "Exiting due to failure on first tour step!"
                "" % selector)
    driver.execute_script(instructions)
    tour_on = True
    if autoplay:
        start_ms = time.time() * 1000.0
        stop_ms = start_ms + (interval * 1000.0)
        latest_element = None
        latest_text = None
    while tour_on:
        try:
            time.sleep(0.01)
            result = driver.execute_script(
                "return Shepherd.activeTour.currentStep.isOpen()")
        except Exception:
            tour_on = False
            result = None
        if result:
            tour_on = True
            if autoplay:
                try:
                    element = driver.execute_script(
                        "return Shepherd.activeTour.currentStep"
                        ".options.attachTo.element")
                    shep_text = driver.execute_script(
                        "return Shepherd.activeTour.currentStep"
                        ".options.text")
                except Exception:
                    continue
                if element != latest_element or shep_text != latest_text:
                    latest_element = element
                    latest_text = shep_text
                    start_ms = time.time() * 1000.0
                    stop_ms = start_ms + (interval * 1000.0)
                now_ms = time.time() * 1000.0
                if now_ms >= stop_ms:
                    if ((element == latest_element) and (
                            shep_text == latest_text)):
                        driver.execute_script("Shepherd.activeTour.next()")
                        try:
                            latest_element = driver.execute_script(
                                "return Shepherd.activeTour.currentStep"
                                ".options.attachTo.element")
                            latest_text = driver.execute_script(
                                "return Shepherd.activeTour.currentStep"
                                ".options.text")
                            start_ms = time.time() * 1000.0
                            stop_ms = start_ms + (interval * 1000.0)
                        except Exception:
                            pass
                        continue
        else:
            try:
                time.sleep(0.01)
                selector = driver.execute_script(
                    "return Shepherd.activeTour"
                    ".currentStep.options.attachTo.element")
                try:
                    js_utils.wait_for_css_query_selector(
                        driver, selector, timeout=settings.SMALL_TIMEOUT)
                except Exception:
                    remove_script = (
                        "jQuery('%s').remove()" % "div.shepherd-content")
                    driver.execute_script(remove_script)
                    js_utils.post_messenger_error_message(
                        driver, "Tour Error: {'%s'} was not found!" % selector,
                        msg_dur)
                    time.sleep(0.1)
                driver.execute_script("Shepherd.activeTour.next()")
                if autoplay:
                    start_ms = time.time() * 1000.0
                    stop_ms = start_ms + (interval * 1000.0)
                tour_on = True
            except Exception:
                tour_on = False
                time.sleep(0.1)