Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library has always held more materials in German than in any language other than English. There are now thousands of German holdings, including some utterly unique treasures. In this film, Professor Tobias Döring of Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, presents perhaps the most extraordinary and iconic German book in Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library and reflects on the important relationships between Birmingham, Shakespeare and Germany.
Professor Ewan Fernie, ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project Director.
History West Midlands - Executive Producer - Mike Gibbs
Film Production Credit: Director Sean Griffiths - ICE Productions Ltd
Birmingham University, Birmingham City Council
Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library has always held more materials in German than in any language other than English. There are now thousands of German holdings, including some utterly unique treasures. In this film, Professor Tobias Döring of Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, presents perhaps the most extraordinary and iconic German book in Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library and reflects on the important relationships between Birmingham, Shakespeare and Germany.
Professor Ewan Fernie, ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project Director.
History West Midlands - Executive Producer - Mike Gibbs
Film Production Credit: Director Sean Griffiths - ICE Productions Ltd
Birmingham University, Birmingham City Council
