Shakespeare Gesellschaft
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the death of the Polish translator and author Jerzy Limon. He taught at the University of Gdansk and specialized in Shakespeare and the theater of the Elizabethan period. The Gdansk Shakespeare Theater, which he designed, opened in 2014. On behalf of all members and the entire Board of Directors The…
Autumn Conference „Romeo and Juliet“, 20-22 November 2020 in Weimar The conference was streamed on YouTube and can be watched via this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg Following the adoption of measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic on October 28, 2020, our conference is now only possible in digital format. All contributions, including those originally declared as face-to-face…
Countless writers have come and gone. William Shakespeare has stayed. What has made his works so fascinating for centuries? Article of the President of the German Shakespeare Society, Prof. Dr. Claudia Olk. published in Weltwoche Nr. 43.20 to the article
In Table Top Shakespeare, ordinary everyday objects become the “performers” of Shakespeare’s dramas, with the kitchen table serving as a stage for betrayal, murder or the immortal love stories: A salt and pepper shaker for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A kitchen table as a stage.…
On the occasion of Hölderlin’s 250th birthday, English literature scholar Christoph Bode (LMU Munich) speaks about what the author means to him. https://hoelderlin.podigee.io/
Blog post by the President summarising a talk she gave at the Voltaire Foundation in Oxford in January: https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/beyond-too-much-shakespearean-excesses-in-the-18th-century Entry in the London Review of Books by Michael Dobson (Stratford): https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n13/michael-dobson/bastard-foreigners … Shakespeare for the ears (Podcast with Stefan Schneckenburger) https://www.hr2.de/podcasts/doppelkopf/der-direktor-stefan-schneckenburger-spricht-ueber-die-zahlreichen-pflanzen-im-werk-william-shakespeares,podcast-episode-71698.html