Die Beiden aus Verona
- Alternative title
- Those Two from Verona
- Synopsis
- Gert Hofmann’s radio drama re-visits the story of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, examining the myth of everlasting love. Through divine intervention by Jupiter, the lovers in Hofmann’s version do not die, instead they are given the chance to grow old together. The plot begins with the old couple appearing in front of the celestial court because they managed to kill each other after 50 years of married life. Flashbacks to how it all started suggest that the quality of their love might be everlasting but not in everyday life. The couple gets a second chance to decide when they are transported back to the moment of their initial ‘Liebestod’ ... Produced by Hans-Dieter Schwarze with music by Friedrich Zehm.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 24 May 1960 (Channel: Bayerischer Rundfunk)
- Duration
- 63 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Hans-Dieter Schwarze
- Writer
- Gert Hofmann
- Music
- Friedrich Zehm
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Hoffmann, Gert (1931-1993)
Notes
- History
- Original transmission time unknown (10/2008).
- Reviews
- Source: ARD Radio drama archive (Hörspiel-Archiv) at http://www.ard.de/radio/hoerspiel-lesung/hoerspielarchiv; German radio database HörDat at www.hoerdat.de (accessed 10/2008); Hans Georg Schede, Gert Hofmann: Werkmonographie (Würzburg: Könighshausen & Neumann, 1999), p. 36-39.
Production Company
- Name
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
- Address
- Rundfunkplatz 1
Munich
80335
Germany
Archive
- Name
Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA) Frankfurt
- dra@hr-online.de
- Web
- http://www.dra.de/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +49 (0)69 15687-0
- Fax
- +40 (0)69 15687-100
- Address
- Bertramstr. 8
Frankfurt
D-60320
Germany
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Die Beiden aus Verona". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71409 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)