06 Aug 2008
King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Much Ado About Nothing
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
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Christel Bodenstein Beatrice
Rolf Ludwig Benedikt
Wilfried Ortmann Don Pedro
Martin Flörchinger Leonato
Gerhard Rachold Don Juan
Arno Wyzniewski Claudio
Edwin Marian Borachio
Gerhard Bienert Holzapfel
Rudolf Ulrich Schlahwein
Fred Delmare Haberkuchen
Horst Kube Konrad
Carl Ballhaus Antonio
Ursula Körbs 
Ekkehard Hahn Eberhardt Wintzen 
Peter Dommisch 
Hanns-Jörn Weber Joe Schorn Claus Schulz Wolf Goette
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