SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

In Love - Lost - Confused A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Synopsis

Theatre recording of a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by the intergrative theatre group Eisenhans. Consisting in a large part of a disabled performers between the age of 12-18, this original production allows the actors to restage Shakespeare’s play in a way that reflects their own daily experiences, fears and desires. Directed for television by Peter Schönhofer.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

8 Jun 2008 at 15:55 (Channel: ZDF Theaterkanal)

Duration

49 mins

Credits

Director

Corinna Honold; Peter Schönhofer

Cinematographer

Martin Frank

Music

Mirko Frank

Costume

Anke Hartmann

Cast

Maike Inselmann	Titania
Paul Kai Schröder	Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
Christian Wismar	Fairy
David Karberg	Egeus
Dominic Dober	Fairy
Dorothee Reumann	Hermia
Florian Holz	Fairy
Lasse Häusgen	Demetrius
Lukas Johannsen	Lysander
Nora Fiedler	Hermia
Paula Stolze	Helena
Sara Solti Kermanshahahi	Helena
Siyavash Gharibi	Demetrius

Additional Details

Theatre company

Eisenhans theatre group of the Thalia Treffpunkt of the Thalia theatre, Hamburg, Germany

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Disabled actors; School productions; Youth Theatre

Notes

Notes

The theatre project Eisenhans is founded by the Thalia theatre in co-operation with the ‘Leben mit Behinderung’ (living with disabilities) initiative in Hamburg and aims to encourage young actors with disabilities to play theatre.

General

This production was one of the five winners of the ‘Shakespeare- Liebe Macht Tot(d) (Shakespeare - Love Power Death) school theatre competition initiated by ZDF Theaterkanal and 3Sat in Germany in 2008.LIEBE MACHT TOT(D).

Awards

This school production was one of the youth theatre projects invited to the Berliner Festspiele theatre festival in 2008.

Reviews

ZDF Theaterkanal programme notes

Production Company

Name

ZDF

Notes

See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Distributor (Sale)

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