SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Tempest, The

Synopsis

A recording, for German television, of Christoph Marthaler’s Sturm vor Shakespeare first staged at the Volksbühne, Berlin in 1994. The production obsessively focused on the short nap Miranda takes, stretching it out to a two-hour sleep.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

1994

Credits

Director

Christoph Marthaler

Writer

Christoph Marthaler; William Shakespeare

Music

Christoph Marthaler; Jürg Kienberger; Ruedi Hausermann

Production Design

Anna Viebrock

Costume

Anna Viebrock

Contributor

Matthias Lilienthal

Cast

Josef Bierbichier	Prospero
Susanne Düllmann	Miranda
Bruno Cathomas
Claudia Michelsen
Florian Eichhorn
Fritzi Eichhorn
Jürgen Rothert
Klaus Mertens
Ueli Jäggi
Wolfgang Sysiphus Graubarth

Additional Details

Theatre

Volksbühne, Berlin

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Tempest, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Please contact the Media Department of the Munich University Theatre Institute for private viewing on site.

General

Cast information based on press information by the Berliner Volksbühne.

History

Transmission date and channel unknown. The stage production premiered on 29 January 1994.

Textual information

Translated into German by Christoph M. Wieland. Dramaturg for this production is Matthias Lilienthal.

Archive

Name

Munich Ludwig Maximilian University

Contact

Reiner Josef Klein: r.i.klein@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Email

theatrewissenschaft@uni-muenchen.de

Web

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Phone

(089) 2180 2490

Fax

(089) 2180 5307

Address

Videotheque
Institute for Theatre Studies Library, Zentnerstrasse 31
Munich
80798
Germany