Sturm, Der - Ein Europäischer Shakespeare

Alternative title: Tempest, The - A European Shakespeare Fortuna
Synopsis: Karin Beier’s 1997 production of The Tempest filmed for television by WDR. The modern-dress production employed 12 actors from nine countries. The multi-language production employed gender-blind casting, and the shipwrecked politicians dressed in modern suits. Beier’s concept of the new Europe dominated the production.
Country: Germany
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 1997
Duration: 129 mins

Director

Karin Beier

Music

Achim Krämer; Frank Köllges; Jörg Ritzenburg

Production Design

Florian Etti

Costume

Maria Roers

Cast

Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Historical period: 1990s
Plays: Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting; Gender-blind casting

Notes: Please contact the Media Department of the Munich University Theatre Institute for private viewing on site.
History: Produced by the European Theatres’ Union, Bühnen der Stadt (Cologne), WDR Television and Theaterformen ‘98 Festival at the National Theatre, Bucharest, September 1997. WDR transmission date not known.
Awards: Nominated as one out of 10 most remarkable German-language theatre productions of the year for the annual German theatre festival ‘Theatertreffen’ (1996) in Berlin.
Reviews: Source: World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
http://www.worldshakesbib.org (accessed 12/2008)

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