A German Shakespeare in France: German and French press reviews of 
Thomas Ostermeier’s stagings of Othello and Measure for Measure Cover Image

Un Shakespeare german în Franţa: opinii în presa germană şi franceză despre Othello şi Măsură pentru Măsură în viziunea scenică a lui Thomas Ostermeier
A German Shakespeare in France: German and French press reviews of Thomas Ostermeier’s stagings of Othello and Measure for Measure

A German Shakespeare in France: German and French press reviews of Thomas Ostermeier’s stagings of Othello and Measure for Measure

Author(s): Anne Kathrin Marquardt
Contributor(s): Dana Borteanu (Translator)
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Thomas Ostermeier; William Shakespeare; Othello; Measure for Measure; Schaubühne; press; French-German comparison

Summary/Abstract: The paper compares German and French press reviews of two productions by the German director Thomas Ostermeier. It deals with his stagings of William Shakespeare’s Othello (2010) and Measure for Measure (2011), which were shown both in Germany and France. Reactions in these countries differed widely and the paper endeavours to explain these differences.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-34
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian