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The 4th International Conference of Thalia Germanica

Thalia Germanica

Fourth international Conference

Department of Comparative Literature at Lund University in Sweden

June 13 -15, 2001


THEME:
GERMAN-LANGUAGE THEATRE ABROAD FROM THE 17TH CENTURY TO TODAY:
INSTITUTIONS, HISTORY, GOALS

Conference Program

1. THEATRES: Itinerant players, permanent theatres, puppet theatres, circus - their sponsors, buildings, ensembles, administration

2. GERMAN CULTURAL VALUES ABROAD: programmes, repertory, productions, dramatic subject matter, texts, adaptations and translations

3. ACTORS AND DIRECTORS: biographies, actors' agencies, contracts, rules for actors

4. THEATRE PUBLIC AND RECEPTION: Who formed the audience? What was the reception like? In what media was reception recorded?

5. MULTICULTURAL ISSUES: German-language models & influences on indigenous beginnings/traditions

6. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ISSUES: Source studies, archives and libraries, collections of theatre documents


Possible excursions include Copenhagen, sites of former "German" theatres, the Royal Library, as well as meetings with Danish theatre historians; additional possibilities include travel in southern Sweden (Skåne) with visits to its medieval churches, old towns, fishing villages, and the Baltic Sea.


Learn about past Thalia Germanica conferences: 2003, 1999, 1997.
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