24th Shakespeare Festival at the Globe, Neuss 19th June

William Shakespeare's 450th birthday: Happy Birthday, Will!
24th Shakespeare Festival at the Globe, Neuss
19th June - 19th July 2014
Thirteen productions from Spain, England, Hungary and Germany, together with inspiring lectures by
Patrick Spottiswoode and an accompanying programme of enticing music: such are the ingredients of
the 24th Shakespeare Festival which this year celebrates the 450th birthday of the Bard from
Stratford-upon-Avon.
Productions in German include The Tempest from the Rheinisches Landestheater, As You Like It from
the Shakespeare Company Berlin, and three offerings from the Bremen Shakespeare Company: a
birthday celebration entitled "All's Will that ends Will", the rarely-seen Pericles, Prince of Tyre, and
Richard III.
The Propeller Company performs in English, with a magical Midsummer Night's Dream, the Comedy
of Errors, and a sparkling Much Ado about Nothing from London's Globe Theatre on Tour.
Budapest's contribution is a modern adaptation of Coriolanus, while the Fundación Sigio d'Oro from
Madrid brings two plays by Shakespeare's great Spanish contemporary Lope de Vega (1562-1635):
the slyly humorous tale of jealousy El Perro del Hortelano (The Gardener's Dog) and the drama El
Castigo sin Venganza (Punishment Without Revenge).
Katharina Thalbach brings to the Neuss stage a high point in world poetry with "Wie er uns gefällt" (As
we like him). In her readings this great actress conjures up the spirits of Shakespeare's characters
from the perspective of 400 years of poetry.
The actor Gustav Peter Wöhler and the Lautten Compagney devote a musical reading to the
somewhat rakish English diarist, Samuel Pepys (1633-1703). "Inspired by song" is a recital by the
internationally-known recorder player Stefan Temmingh, soprano Dorothee Mields and the
Gentlemen's Band, and the festival draws to a close with a new edition of Caroll Vanwelden's
"Shakespeare in Jazz".
A wide-ranging specialist educational programme is offered as part of the festival to school students,
teachers and anyone interested in the theatre.
Advance ticket sales (plus 12% commission) begin on 05.04.2014. Tickets are available from
the usual advance booking outlets, by telephone on 02131 526 99 99 9 (Mondays-Fridays 08.0020.00, Saturdays 09.00-18.00, Sundays and bank holidays 10.00-16.00), or on the Internet.
For further details visit www.shakespeare-festival.de
24th Shakespeare Festival at the Globe, Neuss
19.06., 20.00
All's Will that ends Will
bremer shakespeare company
20. + 21.06., 20.00
Der Sturm
Das Rheinische Landestheater Neuss
22.06., 16 + 20.00
Shakespeare and the Globe
Patrick Spottiswoode
24., 26. + 27.06., 20.00 + 28.06., 15.00
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Propeller Company
25. + 28.06., 20.00 + 26.06., 15.00
Comedy of Errors
Propeller Company
29.06. - 01.07., 20.00
Pericles, Fürst von Tyrus
bremer shakespeare company
02.07., 20.00 + 03.07., 15 + 20.00
Much Ado about Nothing
Globe Theatre on Tour
05.07., 20.00
Korijolánusz – adapted from „Coriolanus“ by William Shakespeare
HOPPart, Hungary
06.07., 20.00
Peeping at Pepys
Gustav Peter Wöhler and die Lautten Compagney
07. + 08.07., 20.00
Richard III
bremer shakespeare company
09.07., 20.00
Inspired by Song
Stefan Temmingh, Dorothee Mields and The Gentleman's Band
11.07., 20.00
El Perro del Hortelano („Liebe aus Neid oder der Hund des Gärtners“)
Comedy by Lope de Vega
Fundación Siglo de Oro, Madrid
12.07., 20.00
El Castigo sin Venganza („Die Strafe ohne Rache“)
Drama by Lope de Vega
Fundación Siglo de Oro, Madrid
13.07., 15.00
Enrique VIII (Heinrich der Achte)
Fundación Siglo de Oro, Madrid
14.07., 20.00
Wie Er uns gefällt
World Poetry - Reading by Katharina Thalbach
15. + 16.07., 20.00
Shakespeare in Jazz – Sonnets new album –
Caroll Vanwelden & Band
17.-19.07., 20.00
Wie es Euch gefällt
Shakespeare Company Berlin
For further details visit
www.shakespeare-festival.de