Literature Programs on TV in Europe

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Author Program Station Date/Time
Albee, Edward   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966   Sky Movies Classics   March 29, 10
01:05 to 03:15

Beckett, Samuel   Fin de Partie (Endgame)
George Tabori, der große Mann des theatralen Aufbruchs hat 1998 sein "Endspiel" gemacht. An der Wiener "Burg", im Akademietheater nannte er es "Fin de Partie", strich die berühmten Mülltonnen sowie zwei der ursprünglich vier Figuren: Nagg und Nell, Hamms versehrte Eltern, tauchen bei Tabori gar nicht auf und Becketts ironisches Stück über den Existenzialismus ist fast zum Nichts geworden.
  ZDFTheaterkanal   March 20, 10
00:10 - 02:15
March 25, 10
00:10 - 02:15
March 27, 10
19:40 - 21:35
March 30, 10
00:10 - 02:15
    Samuel Beckett
Er ist der gro§e Schweiger unter den Dramatikern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Edward Albee kommt ebenso zu Wort wie einer der glŸhendsten Beckett-Verehrer: Kevin Spacey. Hildegard Schmahl erzŠhlt, wie der Regisseur Beckett arbeitete und John Minihan beschreibt Becketts Wirkung auf Frauen und MŠnner.
  ZDFTheaterkanal   March 27, 10
21:23-22:15

Cain, James M   The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1981   Sky Movies Drama   March 21, 10
01:45 to 04:00
March 25, 10
00:15 to 02:30
April2,10
01:50 to 03:55

Capote, Truman   Capote, 2005
(Capote)
  ZDF   April 5, 10
01:10 to 02:00
April 6, 10
03:15 - 05:10
        TSR 2   March 23, 10
20:40 - 22:35
    Frühstück bei Tiffany, 1961
(Breakfast at Tiffany's)
  Sky Nostalgie   April 4, 10
21:55 - 23:45
April 28, 10
23:30 - 01:25
May 8, 10
00:25 - 02:15

Clark, Brian   Ist das nicht mein Leben?, 1978
(Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
  TNT Film   April 15, 10
16:40 - 18:35

English   Language Courses
  various stations    

Fitzgerald, F Scott   Der große Gatsby, 1974
(The Great Gatsby)
  Sky Nostalgie   March 22, 10
02:45 - 05:00
March 26, 10
07:20 - 09:35
March 30, 10
01:50 - 04:10
April 5, 10
01:45 - 04:05

Forster, E M   Reise nach Indien, 1984
(A Passage to India)
  MDR   March 27, 10
22:00 - 23:45

Guterson, David   Schnee, der auf Zedern fällt, 1999
(Snow Falling on Cedars)
  ORF 2   March 23, 10
00:00 - 02:00

Higgins, Colin   Harold und Maude, 1971
(Harold und Maude)
  Kabel eins Classics   April 2, 10
20.15-21.45

Hornby, Nick   About a Boy oder: Der Tag der toten Ente, 2002
(About a Boy)
  Teleclub Star   March 28, 10
16:15 - 18:00

Hosseini, Khaled   Drachenläufer, 2007
(The Kite Runner)
  Premiere 4   April 4, 10
22:15 - 00:20
April 22, 10
09:40 - 11:50 | 22:00 - 00:05
    The Kite Runner, 2007   Sky Movies Indie   March 19, 10
15:20 to 17:30
March 27, 10
12:20 to 14:30

Irving, Washington   Sleepy Hollow, 1999
(Sleepy Hollow)
  Teleclub Star   April 14, 10
00:10 - 01:55
April 18, 10
21:45 - 23:30
April 19, 10
06:10 - 07:55
April 29, 10
20:15 - 22:00
April 30, 10
05:20 - 07:05

Kidd, Sue Monk   The Secret Life of Bees, 2008   Sky Movies Drama   March 21, 10
16:00 to 18:00
March 25, 10
20:00 to 22:00
March 30, 10
08:15 to 10:15 |18:00 to 20:00

Lawrence, D H   The Virgin and the Gypsy, 1970   Film24   March 28, 10
03:05 to 04:50

Mason, Bobbie Anne   In Country, 1989   TNT   April 30, 10
23:30 - 01:25

Mccabe, Patrick   Butcher Boy - Der Schlächterbursche, 1997
(Butcher Boy)
  TNT   March 31, 10
00:00 - 01:45
April 29, 10
14:20 - 16:05

Prejean, Helen   Dead Man Walking, 1995   TNT   March 31, 10
20:40 - 22:40

Proulx, Annie   Schiffsmeldungen, 2001
(The Shipping News)
  TNT   April 5, 10
20:15 - 22:00
    Brokeback Mountain,2005
(Brokeback Mountain)
  Teleclub Star   April 9, 10
20:15 - 22:30
April 10, 10
04:40 - 06:55
April 14, 10
09:30 - 11:40
April 19, 10
21:55 - 00:10
April 29, 10
16:25 - 18:35
April 30, 10
07:05 - 09:20

Shakespeare, William   William Shakespeares Romeo und Julia, 1996
(William Shakespeare's Romeo and Julia)
  Premiere 4
sky cinema hits
  March 20, 10
08:00 - 10:00
March 25, 10
11:10 - 13:10
March 30, 10
14:05 - 16:05
    Romeo and Juliet, 1968   Sky Movies Classics   March 21, 10
06:40 to 09:00
    Berlioz, Romeo und Julia. Auszug I: Romeo allein   Classica   March 19, 10
03:05 - 04:35
    Gounod, Roméo et Juliette   Classica   March 20, 10
20:35 - 23:20
April 1, 10
23.10-01.55
    Rudolf Nurejew und das Ballett "Romeo und Julia"   Classica   April 23, 10
22:05 - 23:00
May 4, 10
01:10 - 02:05
    Sergei Prokofjew: Romeo und Julia
Suite Nr.2 für Orchester und die Sätze 5 und 7 ("Masken" und "Tybalts Tod") aus der Suite Nr.1
  arte   April 25, 10
19:15 - 20:00
April 26, 10
06:00 - 06:45
May 7, 10
06:00 - 06:45

Walker, Alice   Die Farbe Lila, 1985
(The Color Purple)
  kabel eins   April 5, 10
20:15 - 23:10
    The Color Purple, 1985   Sky Movies Drama   March 18, 10
07:00 to 09:35
March 23, 10
06:30 to 09:15

Wilde, Oscar   Ernst sein ist alles, 2002
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
  TNT   March 26, 10
18:15 - 19:45
March 27, 10
09.40-11.10
April 7, 10
21:50 - 23:20
April 8, 10
08:30 - 10:00

Williams, Tennessee   A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951   Sky Movies Classics   March 26, 10
03:00 to 05:15
April 1, 10
02:45 to 04:50
    Endstation Sehnsucht, 1951
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
  TNT Film   MŠrz 27, 10
15:05 - 17:05
April 25, 10
22:00 - 00:00

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