Shakespeare in Gdansk

Synopsis

Radio programme. Michal Kubicki reports on the International Shakespearean Festival 2007 in Gdansk. He talks to Jerzy Limon, a theatre historian and scholar who in the early 1990s discovered traces of a Shakespearean playhouse in Gdansk. An important merchant town in the 17th century, the Baltic city appears to have had quite a large British colony with documented visits by English actors. One of the goals of the Shakespeare Festival is to promote Limon’s project to reconstruct the theatre that resembles the Fortune in London.

Series

Poland Today

Language

English

Country

Poland

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

7 Aug 2007 (Channel: Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy)

Availability

Unknown

Credits

Contributor

Jerzy Limon; Michal Kubicki

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

festivals; Poland; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); theatre history

Notes

Notes

Broadcast by the English section of the Polish Radio External Service. An audio clip is available for download at http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/news/artykul56616.html (accessed 9/9/2008).

History

Broadcast as part of the International Shakespeare Festival in Gdansk. Transmission time and duration unknown.

Reviews

Source: Programme information from Polskie Radio website (op. cit.).

Production Company

Name

Polskie Radio