Lukas Erne and Kareen Seidler, eds. Early Modern German Shakespeare: Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet: Der Bestrafte Brudermord and Romio und Julieta in Translation. The Arden Shakespeare. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2020. Pp. 366.

Drábek, Pavel

Abstract

A book review of Lukas Erne and Kareen Seidler's translation and edition of two early modern German plays, Der Bestrafte Brudermord and Romio und Julieta, adapted from Shakespeare's Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The review contextualises the two plays with the performance practice of early modern English Comedians in central Europe.

Citation

Drábek, P. (2022). Lukas Erne and Kareen Seidler, eds. Early Modern German Shakespeare: Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet: Der Bestrafte Brudermord and Romio und Julieta in Translation. The Arden Shakespeare. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2020. Pp. 366. Early theatre, 25(1), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.12745/et.25.1.5170

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: May 6, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jun 10, 2022
• Publication Date: Jun 10, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jun 29, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 30, 2022
• Journal: Early Theatre
• Print ISSN: 1206-9078
• Publisher: Early Theatre
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 175-183
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12745/et.25.1.5170
• Keywords: Early modern theatre; Shakespeare; Travelling actors; Adaptation; Theatre translation; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Der bestrafte Brudermord; Lukas Erne; Kareen Seidler
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4021101