What to do with an English native speaker? Theater plays can be difficult to understand, especially German classic theater. How much worse is it, if you’re not a native speaker. How much worse is it, if there is a lot of elaborated language that’s not similiar to everyday language? Then, you’ll try to look for play in English language.
Married to a native speaker who is learning German limits you to some activities. TV? DVDs with subtitles, original (mainly English) soundtracks und dubbing are a good substitute. Cinema? Sometimes there are original movies with subtitles (OmU – Original mit Untertitel). Music? ok. Theater plays? Ballet, well ….. English.
Therefore I always have a look at the monthly schedule of the Schauspielhaus Bochum. Sometimes there is something in English, like a ‘revival’ of Johnny Cash. And even now in November, there will a guest performance by the American Drama Group in Europe. They’ll perform William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. A difficult, classical English play. Famous but hard. I think I should order the booklet for it before I’ll go there on November 7th.
Recent Comments