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Ophelia and the Words

Alternative title: Ophelia und die Wörter
Synopsis: Radio play. English-language version of the performance work originally written by Austrian playwright Gerhard Rühm. Rühm’s radio play deconstructs the role of Ophelia by extracting all the key nouns and verbs from her speeches in Shakespeare’s play. This spiralling chain of words and sounds surround and enclose the character of Ophelia who loses her linguistic grip on the world.
Series: Werke des Studio Akustische Kunst Nr. 95
Language: English
Country: Germany
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 21 Oct 1986
Transmission details: 12 May 1987 at 21:00 (Channel: WDR 3)
Duration: 23 mins

Credits

Director

Klaus Schöning

Writer

Gerhard Rühm; William Shakespeare

Contributor

Adaptor for Radio

Klaus Schöning

Cast

Sigrid Wurschmidt

Additional Details

Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Plays: Hamlet
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items: Ophelia und die Wörter

Notes

Notes: The English language version as realised by Klaus Schoening is part of a CD compilation of Ruehm’s major acoustic works. Available online from Wergo (www.wergo.de), order number: WER 63062.
General: Transatlantic co-production of the German radio station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) with Pacifica’s KPFA Radio in Berkeley, California.
History: The radio play was originally produced and transmitted by the WDR Studio Akustische Kunst in Germany in 1969 (see separate entry).
Textual information: English translation by Robert Goss

Production Company

Name: KPFA
Web: http://www.kpfa.org/ External site opens in new window
Address: 1929 M L King Jr Way
Berkeley,
CA 94704
California

Name: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Archive

Name: British Library Sound Archive
Email: listening@bl.uk
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Phone: 020 7412 7676
Fax: 020 7412 7441
Address: 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Name: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Email: bibliothek@kah-bonn.de
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Phone: +49(0)228 / 9171-213
Address: Bibliothek
Museumsmeile Bonn Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4
Bonn
53113
Germany
Notes: Library

Online Retailer

Name: Wergo
Web: http://www.wergo.de/ External site opens in new window
Notes: A division of Schott Music & Media

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