Kaufmann von Venedig, Der
- Alternative title
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Synopsis
- A German television recording of the production directed for stage by Peter Zadek and for television by George Moorse. Gert Voss is Shylock.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Austria; Germany
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 18 Sep 1990 (Channel: ZDF Theaterkanal)
- Duration
- 129 mins
Credits
- Director
- George Moorse; Peter Zadek
- Cinematographer
- Klaus Matzka
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Luciano Berio
- Production Design
- Johannes Grutzke; Wilfried Minks
- Costume
- Johannes Grutzke; Wilfried Minks
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Burgtheater, Vienna
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- 1980s
- Plays
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Produced at the Burgtheater, Vienna in December 1988; at the Nanterre-Amandiers for the Autumn Festival 7-9 December 1990, and at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, on tour 1995. The television production was first transmitted in Austria 16 April 1990.
- Textual information
- Translated into German by Elisabeth Plessen.
- Reviews
- Zadek, Peter and Leverett, James ‘Radical Stagings of Shakespeare’ in Performing Arts Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3 (1980), pp. 106-121. Zadel talks to James Leverett about his Shakespearean productions including The Merchant of Venice.
Production Company
- Name
ZDF
- Notes
- See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Archive
- Name
Arts Institute-Theatre Institute
- info@institutumeni.cz
- Web
- http://institute.theatre.cz External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 224 809 123
- Fax
- 224 809 123
- Address
- Celetna 17
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
- Name
Österreichische Mediathek
- Web
- http://www.mediathek.at External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +43 1 597 36 69 20
- Fax
- +43 1 597 36 69 40
- Address
- Austrian Audiovisual Archive - Technical Museum Vienna
Marchettischlössl
Gumpendorfer Straße 95
Vienna
1060
Austria
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
ZDF - Programme Service
- programmservice@zdf.de
- Web
- http://www.theaterkanal.de/fernsehen/mitschnitt/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0049-(0)6131/70 9510
- Fax
- 0049-(0)06131/70 9515
- Address
- HA ABD, Programmverwertung und -übernahme
ZDF-Straße 1
Mainz
55100
Germany
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Kaufmann von Venedig, Der". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69061 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)