Autumn Conference at Hamburg 2005 - Programme

King Lear

Friday, 25. November

4:00 p.m.

Official Opening by the President of the Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft

Andreas Höfele, München

Greetings

Lecture (in English)

Stanley Wells, Stratford-upon-Avon

"Extremes of Passion: Language of Emotion in King Lear"
Introduction: Andreas Höfele
Venue: Hauptgebäude der Universität Hamburg, Flügelbau Ost, Hörsaal 221, Edmund-Siemens-Allee 1

7:15 p.m.

Introduction to  King Lear

Venue: Thalia Theater, Alstertor
8:00-12:00 a.m.

King Lear

by William Shakespeare,
Directed by: Andreas Kriegenburg
Venue: Thalia Theater, Alstertor

Saturday, 26. November

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Colloquium for Teachers I

Jochen Baier, Schwäbisch Gmünd

"Das Internet als 'teaching resource' für den Shakespeare-Unterricht"
Introduction and discussion: Roland Petersohn
Venue: Hauptgebäude der Universität Hamburg, Flügelbau Ost, Seminarraum 120

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Lecture (in Germanb)

Roland Weidle, Hamburg

"' ...he hath ever but slenderly known himself': Stationen der Selbstwahrnehmung in King Lear"
Introduction and discussion: Ute Canaris
Venue: Hörsaal 221
10:00 a.m.

Coffee

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Lecture (in English)

Hanna Scolnicov, Tel Aviv

"'Who is that can tell me who I am?': Individual, Subject and Self in King Lear"
Introduction and discussion: Tobias Döring
Venue: Hörsaal 221
11:45-12:45 p.m.

Lecture (in English)

Julia Briggs, Leicester

"Unravelling Providence: Forms of Disruption in King Lear"
Introduction and discussion: Balz Engler
Venue: Hörsaal 221

12:45 p.m.

Lunch

2:00-3:45 p.m.
                                  

Kolloquium fof Teachers II

Nina Stedman und University Players, Hamburg

Workshop about King Lear"
Introduction and discussion: Roland Petersohn
Venue: Seminarraum 121
2:30-3:30 p.m.
                                  

Lecture (in German)

Johann Schmidt, Hamburg

"Eine Frage der Perspektive: filmische Interpretationen von King Lear"
Introduction and discussion: Ina Schabert,
Venue: Hörsaal 221

3:30 p.m.

Coffee

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Talkshop for Students

Chair: Vanessa Schormann und Stefanie Watzke
Venue: Seminarraum 121

5:00-5:30 p.m.

Reading: Scenes from King Lear

University Players, Hamburg

Venue: Forum (Innenhof)
7:30-10:15 p.m.

Othello

by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Stefan Pucher
Venue: Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Kirchenallee 39
followed by a discussion about the performance
7:15-10:00 p.m.

King Lear

Directed by: Peter Brook, OF, Deutschlandpremiere
Introduction: Johann Schmidt
Venue: Abaton Kino, Allende-Platz 3

10:15-12:00 a.m.

A Thousand Acres

Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse, OF
Introduction: Johann Schmidt
Venue: Abaton Kino, Allende-Platz 3

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