*** apologies for cross postings *** UNIVERSITY OF HULL DRAMA DEPARTMENT RESEARCH SEMINARS GUEST SPEAKER David Spencer "First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin" Thursday, 22nd March, 4 p.m. Gulbenkian Centre Radio Studio (ground floor) David Spencer is a playwright and theatre translator whose work has won a number of awards and has been produced by the BBC, Channel 4, Royal National Theatre London, Royal Court London, Deutsches Theater Baracke Berlin, Schauspielhaus Hamburg etc. His informal talk will address the following issues: - Insider's perspectives on Royal Court and Deutsches Theater Baracke Berlin; - The "postdramatisches Theater" phenomenon; - Differences and similarities between English and German theatre systems. All welcome! ---------------------- Dr Katya Bargna Department of Drama The University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX United Kingdom Tel/Fax: + 44 - (0) 1482 - 466210 Ext: 6566 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.hull.ac.uk/drama/ressemp.html