Links about Maibäume, Tag der Arbeit, Walpurgisnacht

http://www.thelocal.de/20140430/why-are-germans-celebrating-on-april-30th-walpurgisnacht

http://deutschlich.wordpress.com/?s=walpurgisnacht

http://daf-cornelsen.blogspot.com/2012/04/walpurgnisnacht.html

http://www.sulinet.hu/tanar/kompetenciateruletek/3_idegen_nyelv/modulleirasok/deutsch/schuler_von_10_bis_13_jahren/a1-/kreative_kommunikation/walpurgisnacht/walpurgisnacht_tanar.pdf

Shakespeare's a big deal and a bit more fun in German

William Shakespeare (Photo credit: elmada)

William Shakespeare (Photo credit: elmada)

Shakespeare in Park an der Ilm, Weimar, Germany (Photo credit: Henrik Chulu)

Shakespeare is a big deal in Germany and in/for the German language in general.   And certainly not just because the only Shakespeare statue on continental Europe is in Weimar. Explore some of these links to see what I mean:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pgnbk

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/theatreblog/2010/oct/06/german-william-shakespeare

http://www.deutsche-liebeslyrik.de/europaische_liebeslyrik/shakespeare/shakespeare_18.htm

http://theshakespeareblog.com/2013/12/shakespeare-in-germany/

http://german.about.com/od/literature/a/Shakespeare.htm

http://shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/en.html

http://margatesands.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/frank-guenter/

More detailed and scholarly in nature:

http://www.bartleby.com/215/1216.html

http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/blog/2012/02/07/europe/

http://othellomap.nand.io/#

English: Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1 Entrance to Shakespeare's Globe. The plaque in memory of Sam Wanamaker can be seen on the wall behind the lamppost. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Grabinschrift-Shakespeare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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