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Autumn Conference „Troilus und Cressida“ 22.-23.11.2024 in Weimar

Our conference will be dedicated to Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida or, to quote Michael Dobson’s lecture title, “the most performed unperformed play in world drama”. Addressed to an “eternal reader”, placed in the Folio Edition between tragedies and histories, often described as a problem play or “bitter war comedy” – Troilus and Cressida is a…

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Excursion to Stratford

After a long interruption, the German Shakespeare Society is once again able to offer its members the opportunity to attend a week of theater in Stratford with four performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The course is scheduled for the period from Tuesday, July 30, to Friday, August 2, 2024. Further information

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Obituary Norbert Kentrup (02. Mai 1949 – 08. Dezember 2023)

The German Shakespeare Society mourns the death of Norbert Kentrup (May 02, 1949 – December 08, 2023). The actor, director, author and theater founder (bremer shakespeare company and Shakespeare und Partner) was a member of the board from 2002-2006. With his own contributions, including on Shakespeare translations (with Maik Hamburger) or in Shakespeare workshops for…

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Perpetual Calendar Florilegium Shakespeareanum

. In Shakespeare’s “Green Worlds” through the years with the “Florilegium Shakespeareanum” It’s ready: the “perpetual calendar” with a “plant selection” with one leaf for each week. The term “florilegium” – “flower harvest” – is not quite accurate, because in addition to numerous flowers, there are also twisted trees, fruits, the spongy pith of rushes,couch…

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