SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

3sat Special: Power

Synopsis

Last of three television talk show specials dedicated to 3 major themes in Shakespeare’s plays: love, power and death. In this episode, presenter Jörg Thadeusz discusses with crime novelist Andrea Schenkel, actress Ulrike Folkerts, the director of the Berliner Ensemble Claus Peymann, and Steven E. Kuhn, ex-soldier and trainer of actors the relevance of Shakespeare’s dramatisations of death and mortality for a modern society.

Series

3sat Extra

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

29 Mar 2008 at 22:35 (Channel: 3Sat)

Duration

44 mins

Credits

Contributor

Andrea Schenkel; Claus Peymann; Joerg Thadeusz; Steven E. Kuhn; Ulrike Folkerts

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Broadcast as part of a 2-week celebration of Shakespeare ('Shakespeare- Liebe Macht Tod’/ Shakespeare - Love Power Death) on the German television station 3sat.

Reviews

Source: 3sat programme information

Production Company

Name

3sat

Email

Info@3sat.de

Web

http://www.3sat.de/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+49 (0)6131/70 1

Fax

+49 (0)6131/70 6806

Address

ZDF-Straße 1
Mainz
55100

Distributor

Name

ZDF - Programme Service

Email

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