Shakespeare on the German Stage

This is an illustrated history of the performance and reception of Shakespeare's plays on the German stage from the English Comedians in the late sixteenth century to the First World War.

Autorentext
Simon Williams is a Grandmaster, a presenter and a popular writer whose previous books have received great praise. He is much admired for his dynamic and spontaneous attacking style.

Zusammenfassung
Professor Williams focuses on the classical period of German literature and theatre, when Shakespeare's plays were first staged in Germany in a relatively complete form, and when they had a potent influence on the writings of German drama and dramatic criticism.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; Preface 1. The literature of Shakespeare in eighteenth-century Germany; 2. Seventeenth-century beginnings: the English Comedians; 3. Shakespeare and the mid-eighteenth-century theatre; 4. Shakespeare introduced: Schroder's Hamlet and other adaptations; 5. Shakespeare at the Weimar Court Theatre; 6. Shakespeare at the Vienna Burgtheater; 7. Shakespeare and the German actor; 8. Romantic legacy: Shakespeare and spectacle; 9. Romantic legacy: the Shakespeare-stage; 10. Shakespeare at the Deutsches Theater: the 'Colossus' restored?; Appendix: Shakespeare on the German stage, a timeline, 1586 1914 Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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