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| William Shakespeare (Photo credit: elmada) |
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| William Shakespeare (Photo credit: elmada) |
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| 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/#
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| 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) |
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| Grabinschrift-Shakespeare (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
