"framing. The ""Prefaces to Shakespeare"" episode for ""Measure for Measure"" was presented by Judi Dench, who had played Isabella in a 1962 RSC production directed by Peter Hall. The ""Shakespeare in Perspective"" episode was presented by barrister and author Sir John Mortimer. Cast The second of only two episodes shot on location, after ""As You Like It"". However, whereas the location shooting in that episode was heavily criticised as taking away from the play, here, the location work was celebrated. The episode was shot at Leeds Castle, Penshurst Place and Hever Castle, in the actual rooms in which some of"
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail; for example, it is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour"
"Professor Bernhardi Professor Bernhardi (1912) is one of the best known plays written by the Viennese dramatist, short story writer and novelist Arthur Schnitzler. It was first performed in Berlin at the Kleines Theater in 1912, but banned in Austria until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a result of World War I. Though billed as a 'comedy in five acts', the play explores antisemitism and Austrian-Jewish identity. The setting is Vienna, 1900. Professor Bernhardi is a Jewish physician, director of the Elizabethinum, a clinic named in honor of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. A young woman in his care"
"Tales from the Vienna Woods (play) Tales from the Vienna Woods (, 1931) is a play by Austro-Hungarian writer Ödön von Horváth. It was premièred in Berlin in 1931 and has been filmed several times. Before the première, the German writer and playwright, Carl Zuckmayer nominated the play for the Kleist Prize, which it won, the most significant literary award of the Weimar Republic. The play's title is a reference to the waltz ""Tales from the Vienna Woods"" by Johann Strauss II. Horváth's play premièred at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin. Written in the late 1920s during the period of catastrophic"
"Walzer aus Wien Walzer aus Wien (""Waltzes from Vienna,"" titled ""The Great Waltz"" in English) is a singspiel pasticcio in three acts, libretto by Alfred Maria Willner, and Ernst Marischka, music by Johann Strauss II (son), arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner, first performed at the Stadttheater in Vienna on 30 October 1930. An English musical theatre adaptation called ""The Great Waltz"" played on Broadway in 1934, and another English version played in London in 1970. The libretto was translated into French by André Mouëzy-Éon and Jean Marietti, and first performed, under the title ""Valses de Vienne"" at"
"2012. In September 2012 the musical ""Elisabeth"" will return for the third time to Vienna, but for the first time at Raimund Theatre. From 1992 until 1998 and from 2003 until 2005 the musical took place at the famous Theater an der Wien. Raimund Theater The Raimund Theater is a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria. Named after the Austrian dramatist Ferdinand Raimund, the theatre was built by an association of Viennese citizens and opened on November 28, 1893 with Raimund's play ""Die gefesselte Phantasie"". It can seat around 1,000 people. The theater is currently owned by Vereinigte"
"parallels in personality traits and circumstances. The play was completed in 1823, but publication was delayed by censorship issues, notably the ""unfortunate allusion to Napoleon's second marriage to Marie-Louise of Austria, and its unfavourable portrayal of Bohemia"". The wife of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria read the play and urged her husband to allow it to be publicly performed, which took place for the first time on February 19, 1825 in Vienna's Burgtheater. The play's nationalistic themes in particular were criticised when first released, and remain controversial today. However the tight personal tragedy of Ottokar, at"
"the Romans. Two of William Shakespeare's plays are set in Verona: ""Romeo and Juliet"" and ""The Two Gentlemen of Verona."" It is unknown if Shakespeare ever visited Verona or Italy, but his plays have lured many visitors to Verona and surrounding cities. The city has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its urban structure and architecture. The precise details of Verona's early history remain a mystery. One theory is it was a city of the Euganei, who were obliged to give it up to the Cenomani (550 BC). With the conquest of the Valley of the"
"that takes place in Vienna in 1907, in which a local girl goes mad from fright. The players meet Dr. Sigmund Freud, who is a consulting doctor in the case. Includes information on Vienna and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Anarchism in Europe, and the Vienna Secession and Bauhaus movements. When reading a single letter takes you to hundreds of kilometers from home. Where a mysterious hand goes after the remnants of the past. Where the possessed babble incomprehensible messages. Where, after nearly 700 years, the shadow of the Baron still hangs over Bearn. Where, again and always, love and death find"
"Vienna's English Theatre Vienna’s English Theatre ""(VET),"" located in Vienna, Austria, is the oldest and most established English-language theatre in continental Europe. It was founded in 1963 by the Austrian director Franz Schafranek and his American wife, Ruth Brinkmann, an actress and graduate of the Yale University School of Drama. Originally intended as a summer theatre for English-speaking tourists, it won immediate acceptance by the Viennese public and extended its initial season to offer a year-round programme. After opening in a 99-seat playhouse in the Erzherzog Karl Palace in central Vienna, the theatre moved several times over the next ten"
"the appearance of Mary (the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus) and Mary Magdalene in the action. From these humble beginnings the Passion Play developed very rapidly, since in the fourteenth century it was at a stage of development which could not have been reached except by repeated practice. From this second period we have the Vienna Passion, the St. Gall Passion, the oldest Frankfort Passion, and the Maestricht Passion. All four Plays, as they are commonly called, are written in rhyme, principally in German. The Vienna Passion embraces the entire history of the Redemption, and begins with the revolt and"
"took place in Graz, Austria in the German language: it was titled the ""Prófétakeringő"" (""Prophetenwalzer"" / ""The Prophet’s Waltz""). After that many of his dramas were played in Graz, Austria. This is the city where his creation titled ""Liselotte és a május"" (""Liselotte und der Mai"" / ""Liselotte in May"") and ""Boldog bolondok"" (""Mozart und Konstanze oder Die liebenden Verrückten"" / ""Merry madmen"") started its series of sensation abroad. ""Liselotte in May"" is the author's most performed play abroad; it has been translated into the English, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Romanian, French, Norwegian, Serbian, Croatian, and Hindi languages. Between 1999 and 2015,"
"of an absolutist state, thereby successfully preventing the citizens of Vienna from attaining political independence. Josef Georg Hörl Josef Georg Hörl (22 August 1722 – 9 December 1806) was an Austrian lawyer, served as mayor of Vienna from 1773 to 1804. He is also considered to be the longest-serving mayor of Vienna. Hörl's tenure saw the creation of three theatres - the Theater auf der Wieden (1787), the Theater in der Josefstadt (1788), and the Theater an der Wien (1801). In September 1791 the Theater auf der Wieden saw the premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"". Emanuel"
"are happily exhausted... Butler's directorial stamp is all over this, and her deep knowledge of Albee's work allows us to hear clearly his peculiar rhythms, to see how he — and the people in this marriage play — envisions life as an act in an often-dreary theatrical story."" Marriage Play Marriage Play is a drama for two actors by Edward Albee. The play premiered at Vienna's English Theatre in 1987. ""Marriage Play"" had its world premiere at Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria on May 17, 1987. The play was commissioned by the English Theatre. The cast was Kathleen Butler (Gillian)"
"The Vienna run was admired by critics and attracted large audiences, often including the Emperor and his court. Schikaneder and Kumpf opened their season with a revival of Mozart's ""Die Entführung aus dem Serail"". Joseph Haydn's ""La fedeltà premiata"" was also performed by the troupe. Works of spoken drama were of interest for their political content. The Austrian Empire at the time was governed (like most of Europe) by the system of hereditary aristocracy, which was falling under increasing criticism as the values of the Enlightenment spread. Schikaneder put on a successful comedy entitled ""Der Fremde"" which included a character"
"omitted much of the action and added a happy ending. Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushman's, restored the original text and focused on greater realism. John Gielgud's 1935 version kept very close to Shakespeare's text and used Elizabethan costumes and staging to enhance the drama. In the 20th and into the 21st century, the play has been adapted in versions as diverse as George Cukor's 1936 film ""Romeo and Juliet"", Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version ""Romeo and Juliet"", and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 MTV-inspired ""Romeo + Juliet"". The play, set in Verona, Italy, begins with a street brawl between Montague"
"time. Goodnight, Vienna Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song ""Good-night, Vienna"". Wilcox reportedly cast Neagle, whom he would later marry and direct in many films, after discovering her by chance in a stage show. Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess"
"Goodnight, Vienna Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song ""Good-night, Vienna"". Wilcox reportedly cast Neagle, whom he would later marry and direct in many films, after discovering her by chance in a stage show. Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but"
"Vienna Opera Ball The Vienna Opera Ball (German: ""Wiener Opernball"") is an annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday (a religious holiday). Together with the New Year Concert, the ball is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season. The tradition of the ball goes back to 1814 during the time when the crowned heads of Europe and the aristocracy searched for entertainment after the Napoleonic wars. The first ball in the opera house took place in 1877 as a ""soirée"". The"
"a family of four people – three of whom at the outset of the play are blind. Only the son can see. In Irchan’s own words, “In 1915, while I was lying ill in a German hospital in the Austrian capital Vienna, I read in a German newspaper a story in a small corner of its last page that a blind brushmaker and musician living in Germany had a blind wife and daughter. His only son, who had vision, was conscripted into the German army. In time, the son returned home, but to the glory of the Kaiser and the"
"Shakespeare Festival, the play also marked that 500 years had passed since the Venetian Ghetto was instituted. The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice (Antonio) must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. It is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and it is best known for Shylock and the famous"
"and May 10, 2008, it was produced at its venue city, in Vienna's English theatre in Austria. ""Old Wicked Songs"" is about the relationship between a Viennese music professor in his late-50s named Professor Josef Mashkan and his newly acquired student Stephen Hoffman. Hoffman is a 25-year-old pianist who at one time was considered to be a prodigy in his field, but suffers from severe burn out and has not been performing for a year. The play takes place in Vienna, Austria in Professor Mashkan's rehearsal studio. It begins in the spring of 1986 and continues through to summer. The"
"Vienna’s English Theatre was awarded the Nestroy Prize for forty years of achievement. Additionally, Vienna’s English Theatre offers a programme of School Tours which travel all over Austria providing performances for nearly 250.000 students between the ages of 10 and 18. Vienna's English Theatre Vienna’s English Theatre ""(VET),"" located in Vienna, Austria, is the oldest and most established English-language theatre in continental Europe. It was founded in 1963 by the Austrian director Franz Schafranek and his American wife, Ruth Brinkmann, an actress and graduate of the Yale University School of Drama. Originally intended as a summer theatre for English-speaking tourists,"
"are quite right so far as Stephanie's work is concerned. ... I am well aware that the verse is not of the best."" In 1769 Stephanie adapted Shakespeare's ""Macbeth"" to suit popular taste in Vienna. It was performed in the 1770s. Gottlieb Stephanie Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger (19 February 1741 – 23 January 1800) was an Austrian playwright, director and librettist, most famously to Mozart. Stephanie was born in Breslau, Prussia, but came to Vienna during the Seven Years' War as a Prussian prisoner of war. He was appointed to head the National Singspiel, a favourite project of Emperor"
"Measure for Measure Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the ""First Folio"" of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play's main themes include justice, ""mortality and mercy in Vienna,"" and the dichotomy between corruption and purity: ""some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall."" Mercy and virtue prevail, as the play does not end tragically, with virtues such as compassion and forgiveness being exercised at the end of the production. While the play"
"Waltzes from Vienna Waltzes from Vienna is a 1934 British musical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, also known as Strauss' Great Waltz. It was part of the cycle of operetta films made in Britain during the 1930s. Hitchcock's film is based on the stage musical, ""Waltzes from Vienna"", which premiered in Vienna in October 1930. With a libretto by A. M. Willner, and Ernst Marischka, this stage production contains music by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II, selected and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner into discrete musical numbers. Hitchcock, however, did not include these musical numbers"
"that when Shakespeare dramatised the poem and expanded Mercutio's role, he introduced a brother for him in order to suggest a more fraternal character. Shakespeare appears to be the first dramatist to have used the name Valentine prior to ""Romeo and Juliet"", but he himself had actually used the name previously. In ""Two Gentlemen of Verona"", a play about two brothers and also set in Verona, Valentine is a true and constant lover and Proteus is a fickle one. While not primarily based on it, ""Two Gentlemen of Verona"" adapts several incidents from Brooke's poem, and in all these instances"
"August 2016 at the 10th Grimeborn Festival at Arcola Theatre in London, the stage director was Pamela Schermann and musical director was Andrew Charity. ""Time"": End of the 18th century ""Place"": Vienna, Austria Salieri enjoys high social position as a composer, and has dedicated himself to the service of his art. Secretly, however, he is jealous of Mozart's works because he recognizes their superior quality, especially given what he sees as the ""idle"" character of Mozart. Salieri invites Mozart to dinner and plans to poison him. Mozart and Salieri are dining at an inn. Mozart is troubled by his work"
"word is “Arbeit” (engl.: work). Spas searches for work in Vienna, not for love or hope. Work is the dream and the reality for immigrants like him. 1999 (première),Russenhuhn, WUK, Vienna 2006 (première), Haut und Himmel, Rabenhof, Vienna 2007 (première), Das Haus des Richters, Akademietheater, Vienna 2008 (première), Eine heikle Sache, die Seele (Komödie), Volkstheater, Vienna 2010 (première), Die Ratten von Gerhart Hauptmann - Bearbeitung für das Volkstheater von Dimitré Dinev, Vienna 2014 (première),Topalovic & Söhne (Balkanoperette, Komponist: Nebojsa Krulanovic), Theater an der Rott, Eggenfelden 2015 (première),Alice im Wunderland (new version), Sommerspiele Melk 2015 (première),Whatever works (Satirisches Musiktheater), Vienna 2011,"
"A Friendship in Vienna A Friendship In Vienna is a 1988 Disney Channel film based on Doris Orgel's popular children's book ""The Devil in Vienna"". The film starred Jane Alexander, Stephen Macht and Edward Asner and premiered August 27, 1988. Lise Mueller (Kamie Harper) and Inge Dourenvald (Jenny Lewis) are 13-ish year old best friends in Austria of 1938, in the weeks before and during the Anschluss. Lise is Catholic and Inge is Jewish. Trouble comes since Lise's father is a Nazi sympathizer who travels to and from Germany getting ready to join the paramilitary Nazi SA upon the upcoming"
"Rudolf (musical) Rudolf is a musical conceived for the stage by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, with a book by Jack Murphy and Phoebe Hwang, lyrics by Murphy, additional lyrics by Nan Knighton, and music by Frank Wildhorn. Arrangements by Koen Schoots and orchestrations by Kim Scharnberg. It is about Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his extramarital relationship with Baroness Mary Vetsera. Their 1889 deaths at his Mayerling hunting lodge apparently were the result of a murder-suicide pact, although historians have debated this explanation. Loosely based on the book ""A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889"" by Frederic Morton, the musical"
"Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini attend an evening at the ball. ""Viennese balls"" outside of Austria are held in Paris, New York, Moscow, Stockholm, Dubai, etc. Vienna Opera Ball The Vienna Opera Ball (German: ""Wiener Opernball"") is an annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday (a religious holiday). Together with the New Year Concert, the ball is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season. The tradition of the ball goes back to 1814 during the time when the crowned heads of"
"unknown ""Cornetti"" (which may have been a pen-name for Stephen, Salieri, or even perhaps Emperor Joseph II). This rare example of a Mozart-Salieri collaboration was just discovered in 2016. In Vienna the Storaces made the acquaintance of Mozart, in whose ""Le nozze di Figaro"" Nancy sang Susanna at the premiere, and Kelly sang Don Curzio. The ""English circle"" in Vienna also included the composer Thomas Attwood. In Vienna Stephen produced a second opera, ""Gli equivoci"", founded on Shakespeare's ""The Comedy of Errors"". There is no clear explanation why the Storaces abandoned Vienna at the height of their success there. The"