Early modern German Shakespeare : Brudermord (Hamlet) and Romio und Julia (Romeo and Juliet) in translation / William Shakespeare ; edited by Lukas Erne and Kareen Seidler.
Bestrafte Brudermord. English. Romio und Julieta. English.
Notes:
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Der Bestrafte Brudermord -- The relationship of Der Bestrafte Brudermord to Hamlet -- Origins: the early seventeenth century -- Origins: the later seventeenth and the eighteenth century -- Stage history, early modern and modern -- The Ur-Hamlet, the First Quarto, the Second Quarto, and the textual origins of Der Bestrafte Brudermord -- Modern editorial history -- Romio und Julieta -- The relationship of Romio und Julieta to Romeo and Juliet -- Stage history: Romeo and Juliet in German in the seventeenth century -- Romio und Julieta at the Ceský Krumlov Court Theatre in 1688 -- The adaptation of 1688 and the text of Romio und Julieta -- Modern stage history -- Textual history -- A note on the translations -- A note on the commentary and collation -- Der Bestrafte Brudermord in English translation -- Commentary -- Collation -- Romio und Julieta in English translation -- Commentary -- Collation.
Summary:
"English itinerant players toured in northern continental Europe from the 1580s. Their repertories initially consisted of plays from the London theatre, but over time the players learnt German, and German players joined the companies, as a result of which the dramatic texts were adapted and translated into German. A number of German plays now extant have a direct connection to Shakespeare. Four of them are so close in plot, character constellation and at times even language to their English originals that they can legitimately be considered versions of Shakespeare's plays. This volume offers fully edited translations of two such texts: Der Bestrafte Brudermord / Fratricide Punished (Hamlet) and Romio und Julieta / Romio and Julieta (Romeo and Juliet). With full scholarly apparatus, these texts are of seminal interest to all scholars of Shakespeare's texts, and their transmission over time in print, translation and performance"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Arden early modern drama Early modern German Shakespeare ; Vol. 1
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