Shakespeare Stiftung
At the opening event of our 2018 spring conference on the topic of ‘’Flight – Migration – Exile,’ Dorothee Elmiger read from her novel “Schlafgänger”. On 13 October 2025, she received the 2025 German Book Prize for her novel “Die Holländerinnen”. We warmly congratulate Dorothee Elmiger on this award.
Heinrich VIII / Henry VIII Shakespeare’s last drama, Henry VIII, is one of his greatest works with its national-political themes and compositional innovations. It depicts the conflicts at the English court in London at the beginning of the Reformation and concludes with a vision of the future fate of the English nation. The focus is…
Conference for teachers, lecturers, students, theatre practitioners and individuals who are interested in Shakespeare Würzburg, 13-14 November 2025 Nature, the environment and ecology have always played a central role in Shakespeare’s works. In recent years, these themes have become increasingly important, especially with regard to climate change, natural disasters and the curative power of nature…
The 2026 World Shakespeare Congress will mark the International Shakespeare Association’s 50th anniversary. Pre-registration for seminars and workshops at next year’s World Shakespeare Congress, 20-26th July in Verona, is open until 15th September. You can find out more information via this link: www.wsc2026.org
happening for free and online over the course of 24 hours, September 12-13. Registration and the full schedule (listed with several time zones) are available here. 52 speakers involved, including scholars, activists, and theatre artists from around the planet, who will be talking about modern performance, environmental history, intersectional scholarship, teaching, and more. Plenary speakers are…
PREMIERES DECEMBER 2025 Stuttgart, Schauspiel Stuttgart (Schauspielhaus): 06.12.2025, Hamlet. Ü.: Jürgen Gosch und Angela Schanelec, R.: Burkhard C. Kosminski, B.: Florian Etti, K.: Ute Lindenberg. Sonstiges Bremerhaven, Stadttheater Bremerhaven (Großes Haus): 13.12.2025, I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Von: Vincenzo Bellini. ML.: Davide Perniceni. PREMIERES NOVEMBER 2025 Kiel, Theater Kiel (Schauspielhaus): 21.11.2025, Viel Lärm um…
happening for free and online over the course of 24 hours, September 12-13. Registration and the full schedule (listed with several time zones) are available here. 52 speakers involved, including scholars, activists, and theatre artists from around the planet, who will be talking about modern performance, environmental history, intersectional scholarship, teaching, and more. Plenary speakers are…
Diversity and Community Table of Contents DIVERSITÄT UND GEMEINSCHAFT /DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY Shakespeare’s Transgenerational Public (PAUL YACHNIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13“In other arms”: Diversität und sozialer Zusammenhalt inTroilus and Cressida (JOHANNES UNGELENK) . . . . . . . . . . . .…
BREMER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY https://www.shakespeare-company.com/ and a special anniversary: “30 Years of Shakespeare in the Park“ with a diverse programme: From The Winter’s Tale to Midsummer Night’s Dream, from Coriolanus to Hamlet. https://www.shakespeare-company.com/shakespeare-im-park/ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE Fidicinstr. 40, 10965 Berlin Twelfth Night – Director: Grace Holme – starting at the End of June https://www.etberlin.de/production/twelfth-night-biyt/…
