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Sturm, Der - Ein Europäischer Shakespeare

Alternative title
Tempest, The - A European Shakespeare Fortuna
Synopsis
Karin Beier’s 1997 production of The Tempest filmed for television by WDR. The modern-dress production employed 12 actors from nine countries. The multi-language production employed gender-blind casting, and the shipwrecked politicians dressed in modern suits. Beier’s concept of the new Europe dominated the production.
Country
Germany
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
1997
Duration
129 mins

Credits

Director
Karin Beier
Music
Achim Krämer; Frank Köllges; Jörg Ritzenburg
Production Design
Florian Etti
Costume
Maria Roers
Cast
Dan Marius AstileanuProspero
Anca SigartuMiranda
Karin PlammaterAriel
Wolfgang Maria BauerCaliban
Jacek PoniedzialekFerdinand
Claire AvelineGonzalo
Faith TingleStephano
Liz KettleAntonio
Margherita di RausoFrancisco
Massimiliano SbarsiSebastian
Timo TorrikaAlonso

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Historical period
1990s
Plays
Tempest, The
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting; Gender-blind casting

Notes

Notes
Please contact the Media Department of the Munich University Theatre Institute for private viewing on site.
History
Produced by the European Theatres’ Union, Bühnen der Stadt (Cologne), WDR Television and Theaterformen ‘98 Festival at the National Theatre, Bucharest, September 1997. WDR transmission date not known.
Awards
Nominated as one out of 10 most remarkable German-language theatre productions of the year for the annual German theatre festival ‘Theatertreffen’ (1996) in Berlin.
Reviews
Source: World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
http://www.worldshakesbib.org (accessed 12/2008)

Production Company

Name

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Archive

Name

Munich Ludwig Maximilian University

Contact
Reiner Josef Klein: r.i.klein@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Email
theatrewissenschaft@uni-muenchen.de
Web
http://www.theaterwissenschaft.uni-muenchen.de/einrichtungen/bibliothek/hinweise_bibliot/index.html External site opens in new window
Phone
(089) 2180 2490
Fax
(089) 2180 5307
Address
Videotheque
Institute for Theatre Studies Library, Zentnerstrasse 31
Munich
80798
Germany

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