Romeo und Julia

Alternative title: Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis: Radio adaptation of the play directed and adapted by Alfred Braun with Klaus Kinski as Hamlet, Hanns Lothar as Mercutio and Traute Bendach as Julia. With music composed by Herbert Trantow.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Audio; Radio
Transmission details: 25 Dec 1949 (Channel: Berliner Rundfunk)
Duration: 86 mins

Director

Alfred Braun

Writer

A.W. von Schlegel; William Shakespeare

Music

Herbert Trantow

Adaptor for Radio

Alfred Braun

Cast

Notes: This production is part of the Random House Audio SHAKESPEARE BOX-WERKE CD collection, commercially available from online retailers (see separate entry).
General: The Berliner Rundfunk was established in the Soviet occupation zone in the same year that this production was broadcast. It is interesting to note that the broadcaster itself was located in the British sector.
Textual information: Based on the translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel.
Reviews: For Alfred Braun’s comments on the production (in German) see the synopsis of the production in the HoerDat database: http://www.hoerdat.in-berlin.de/ (accessed 16/5/2007).

Name: Berliner Rundfunk
Notes: Radio station and programme established in 1946 in the Soviet occupation zone. Ceased transmission in February 1990.

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