Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Alternative title
- Lesson Fifty-Five
- Synopsis
- Educational broadcast. This episode of the English language series ‘English for You’ focuses on William Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon. After having established that unlike Goethe and Schiller "Shakespeare never came to Weimar", the language lesson focuses on the conversations of a young couple, Peggy and Tom. Having managed to secure a place at the "very cheap youth hostel", they decide to visit Shakespeare’s birthplace and end up watching a performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Presented by Diana Loeser.
- Series
- English for You
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 23 Apr 1968 at 18:05 (Channel: DFF/DDR-1)
Credits
- Director
- Gerhard Scheunert
- Producer
- Horst Bauer
- Writer
- Gerhard Gräf; Leonard A. Jones
- Screenplay
- Erich H. Barthel
- Contributor
- Almut Sahling; Diana Loeser
- Cast
Alan Clarke Tom Valerie Lester Peggy
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Languages
- Keywords
- language teaching; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford-upon-Avon
Notes
- Notes
- Produced by DEFA-Studio for educational films for the GDR television station Deutsche Fernsehfunk.
Production Company
Sponsor
Archive
- Name
Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA) Babelsberg
- Contact
- info@dra.de
- sekretariat@dra.de
- Web
- http://www.dra.de External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +49 (0)331 58 12-0
- Fax
- +49 (0)331 58 12-199
- Address
- Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20
Potsdam
14482
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Stratford-Upon-Avon". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68808 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)