Shakespeare and German Reunification The Interface of Politics and Performance

Name: Shakespeare and German Reunification The Interface of Politics and Performance
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ISBN: 9781787070707

ISBN-10: 1787070700

ISBN-13: 9781787070707

Edition: 2017

Authors: Emily Oliver

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This book explores the relationship between politics and Shakespeare performance in East Germany before, during and after reunification in 1990. Analysing a wide range of case studies from Berlin as well as more peripheral towns and cities, the author argues that the capacity for political intervention in Shakespeare performances in East Germany was limited by a number of factors, including the influence of the government and an underlying distrust of the public. However, East German theatre practitioners proved useful to the 1989 protest movement precisely because they occupied a unique position at the interface of dissidence and state power. Using Shakespeare performance as a lens, the…

Book details

List price: $111.20
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 9/27/2017
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English