"Staging Forgetting: How Botho Strauß and Heiner Müller Dislocate A Midsummer Night's Dream" 
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo449/
Author:
	Döring, Tobias.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2023
Publication Information:
	Shakespeare Bulletin 41, no. 1 (2023): 13–34.
DOI:
	10.1353/shb.2023.a907988
Annotation:
	Juxtaposes Botho Strauss's adaptation of Midsummer Night's Dream, Der Park (q.v.), and Heiner Müller's "more tangentia[l]" adaptation, Waldstück [Forest Play] (1969, q.v. publication); "the one epitomizing West German, the other East German, predicatments; the one with a high culture agenda, the other subscribing...to working class realism and social engagment." Focuses on portrayal of Oberon, Titania, and forgetting in both plays, suggesting that these productions present "anachronic Shakespeare," that encourages us to consider Shakespeare's "contemporaneity. Compares both German adaptations with Nicholas Hytner's 2019 production (q.v.).
Language:
	English
Cross-References:
	Hytner, A Midsummer Night's Dream
	Müller, Shakespeare Factory 1
	Strauss, Der Park
Persons:
	Strauss, Botho; Müller, Heiner; Hytner, Nicholas
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo449