This book explores the relationship between politics and Shakespeare performance in East Germany before, during and after reunification in 1990. The book examines political and aesthetic censorship before reunification, and financial difficulties in its aftermath, asking what role Shakespeare played for Germans both within and beyond the theatre.

Autorentext

Emily Oliver is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on AnglöGerman cultural relations in the twentieth century. She is currently heading the research project «Broadcasting Nations: A History of the BBC German Service (1938 1999)».

Inhalt

CONTENTS: Introduction: Shakespeare and the Wende - East German Shakespeare in the 1980s - Shakespeare and the Politics of the Wende - Post-Reunification Shakespeare - «Must I Remember?»: Memorializing GDR Theatre.