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Sonette

Alternative title
Sonnets
Synopsis
A dramatic interpretation of the Sonnets by Wolfgang Engel. An actor, an actress, a dancer and two musicians enact some 40 sonnets. No attempt is made to impose a biographical meaning on them.
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Germany
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Duration
70 mins

Credits

Director
Wolfgang Engel
Music
Thomas Hertel
Costume
Susanne Thaler
Cast
Daniel Friedrich 
Tanja von Oertzen 
Ulrich Matthes 

Additional Details

Production type
Other
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Please contact the Media Department of the Munich University Theatre Institute for private viewing on site.
History
First staged at the Schauspielhaus Dresden, Germany, January 8 1985. The television recording is taken from a stage production at the Marstalltheater, Munich beginning 22 November 1987. Transmission date and channel unknown (10/2007).
Reviews
For a review of the 1985 stage production see Eva Walch & Günter Walch ‘Shakespeare in the German Democratic Republic’ . Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 37, No. 4 (Winter, 1986), pp. 491-493

Archive

Name

Munich Ludwig Maximilian University

Contact
Reiner Josef Klein: r.i.klein@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Email
theatrewissenschaft@uni-muenchen.de
Web
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Phone
(089) 2180 2490
Fax
(089) 2180 5307
Address
Videotheque
Institute for Theatre Studies Library, Zentnerstrasse 31
Munich
80798
Germany

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