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Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus, one of the most successful stage plays of Shakespeare’s time, is a horror play which, because of its grotesque and extremely bloody content, was long attributed to Shakespeare only reluctantly and with a sneer, but for the same reason has in more recent times repeatedly become the basis for modern adaptations…
read moreESRA 2025 Shakespeare and Time: the retrieved pasts, the envisaged futures, 14-18 July 2025, Utrecht ESRA 2025 Conference ESRA hosts its main conference every two years to bring together applied survey researchers, methodologists, and statisticians from Europe and beyond. The conference showcases the latest survey research and offers a number of professional development opportunities, including…
read moreWorld Shakespeare Congress 2026, Verona Find the congress’s website here. Pre-registrations are open NOW until September 15, 2025. Pre-register here. From the congress’s website: The 2026 World Shakespeare Congress will mark the International Shakespeare Association’s 50th anniversary. Let us celebrate together in fair Verona, Italy, where, from July 20th to 26th 2026, Shakespeareans will gather in this beautiful…
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Shakespeare and Popular Cultures The Spring Conference centres on the topic Shakespeare and Popular Cultures and will be taking place from 25-27 April 2025 in Weimar. On the evening before the official beginning of the conference, on Thursday, 24 April, the award ceremony of the German Shakespeare Prize will take place at 6 pm in the…
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Troilus and Cressida The autumn conference will centre on Troilus and Cressida, or, to quite Michael Dobson’s paper title, „the most unperformed performed play in world drama“. Addressed to an „eternal reader“, placed between tragedies and histories in the Folio Edition, often referred to as problem play or „bitter war comedy“ – Troilus and Cressida…
read morePREMIERES JULY 2025 Nürnberg, Gostner Hoftheater (Gostner Jugendclub): 09.07.2025, Jeder Hengst kriegt seine Stute – alles Gute! (Ein Sommernachtstraum) R.: Amelie Benz & Christin Wehner, B. & K.: Gostner Peer Group. Trier, Theater Trier (Open-Air): 03.07.2025, Sommernachtstraum. R.: William Danne, B.: Darko Petrovic, K.: Yvonne Wallitzer. PREMIERES JUNE 2025 Bruchsal, Badische Landesbühne Bruchsal (Sinsheim, Buchenauerhof): 04.06.2025, Was ihr wollt. R.: Jürgen Lingmann.…
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Dieses Jahrbuch widmet sich dem Thema “Shakespeares Bibliotheken” in all seiner historischen und materiellen Vielfalt. Der erste Beitrag von Brian Cummings nimmt den Akt des Lesens bei Shakespeare in den Blick und verortet ihn in der europäischen Literatur- und Kunstgeschichte. Eva von Contzen präsentiert Shakespeare als ‘mittelalterlichen’ Autor, dessen Stücke in den Heiligenlegenden des Mittelalters…
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Diversity and Community Spring conference 19.-21.04.2024 in Bochum. „He was not of an age, but for all time” – Ben Jonsons often-quoted description of Shakespeare hints at the plurality of themes, characters and worlds that characterise Shakespeare’s works and establish their popularity until today. Diversity and Community are not only central themes in Shakespeare’s works…
read morePremieres July 2024 Weimar, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar (e-werk): 28.7.2024, Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark. R.: Jan Neumann, B.: Oliver Helf, K.: Nini von Selzam. Other Trier, Theater Trier (Augustinerhof): 4. 7. 2024, Shakespeare in Love. R.: François Camus, B.: Rudy Sabounghi. PREMIERES JUNE 2024 Bern, Bühnen Bern (Villa Morillon): 8. 6. 2024, Romeo und Julia. R.: Ruth Mensah. Greifswald,…
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ODYSSEEN: EINLEITUNG Shakespeare hatte Homers Werke nie direkt rezipiert, doch evozieren viele seiner Stücke und Gedichte eine homerische Welt. In diese Welt und ihre anachronistische Präsenz in Shakespeares Stücken führt der Beitrag von Anselm Haverkamp ein. Homer fungiert hier als eine historische Bezugsgröße sowohl für ästhetische Standards wie auch für ein historisches Bewusstsein überhaupt, was…
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