Shakespeare Stiftung
The Shakespeare Prize honours public figures who have rendered outstanding services to Shakespeare’s work and its proliferation. It is awarded every two years. The Shakespeare Prize is awarded by a jury. In 2025, the Shakespeare Prize was awarded to actress Dame Harriet Walter.
Birgit Minichmayr receives Shakespeare Prize 2023 The Austrian actress Birgit Minichmayr was awarded the German Shakespeare Foundation’s prize in 2023. According to the jury, Minichmayr’s acting is complex and ambiguous, much like Shakespeare’s plays. She performs on stage with courage and a zest for life and is always very close to people, said Johan Simons,…
Dame Harriet Walter receives German Shakespeare Prize 2025 On Thursday, 25 April 2025, the German Shakespeare Prize 2025 was awarded to the British actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter in the book cube of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar Walter, who has won numerous awards and been nominated for Tony and Emmy Awards, has…
