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Und was die Liebe Kann, Das Wagt die Liebe

Alternative title
And What Love Dares, Love Dares Shakespeare und Das Theater Seiner Zeit Shakespeare and the Theatre of His Times
Synopsis
Television broadcast for schools. The topic of this episode is the Elizabethan theatre. Shakespeare’s theatre is introduced via illustrative pictures and a miniature model of The Globe theatre. Illustrative excerpts from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are performed by actors from the ‘Theater Junge Generation’ (Theatre of the Young Generation) Dresden. Theatre director Axel Richter talks about the theatre business during Shakespeare’s time and the challenges of adapting Shakespeare for a modern stage.
Series
Literatur Klasse Neun
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Germany
Medium
Television
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Globe Theatre; schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan stage; Youth Theatre

Credits

Director
Lisette Mirchandi
Producer
Wolfgang Gensch
Editor
Almut Sahling
Contributor
Axel Richter; Carmen Firi; Helga Weinl

Production Company

Name

Deutscher Fernsehfunk

Archive

Name

Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA) Babelsberg

Contact
info@dra.de
Email
sekretariat@dra.de
Web
http://www.dra.de External site opens in new window
Phone
+49 (0)331 58 12-0
Fax
+49 (0)331 58 12-199
Address
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20
Potsdam
14482
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