
Shakespeare and German Reunification
The Interface of Politics and Performance
Emily Oliver(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 27. September 2017
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-1-78707-070-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the relationship between politics and Shakespeare performance in East Germany before, during and after reunification in 1990. Analysing a wide range of case studies from Berlin as well as more peripheral towns and cities, the author argues that the capacity for political intervention in Shakespeare performances in East Germany was limited by a number of factors, including the influence of the government and an underlying distrust of the public. However, East German theatre practitioners proved useful to the 1989 protest movement precisely because they occupied a unique position at the interface of dissidence and state power. Using Shakespeare performance as a lens, the book examines political and aesthetic censorship before reunification and the enormous financial difficulties theatre faced in its aftermath, asking what role Shakespeare played for Germans both within and beyond the theatre.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
23 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78707-070-7 (9781787070707)
DOI
10.3726/b12693
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Emily Oliver is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on Anglo-German cultural relations in the twentieth century. She is currently heading the research project «Broadcasting Nations: A History of the BBC German Service (1938-1999)».
Content
CONTENTS: Introduction: Shakespeare and the Wende - East German Shakespeare in the 1980s - Shakespeare and the Politics of the Wende - Post-Reunification Shakespeare - «Must I Remember?»: Memorializing GDR Theatre.