Shakespearemania

English Etymology From en Shakespeare mania. Noun - Enthusiasm for the works of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564–1616). en William C. Reeve Georg Büchner 1979 27 9780804427111 His veneration and imitation of the English playwright, part of a German tradition of “Shakespearemania” initiated by Herder’s “Shakespeare” essay, has been well documented. en w:College & Research Libraries 1990 570 Michael Bristol’s Shakespeare’s America explores the philosophical and cultural background that gave rise to Shakespearemania in the nineteenth century and that has supported its various manifestations down to the present day. en w:Shakespeare Quarterly 1998 421 Shakespearemania may have waned slightly since then, but as the 1996 autumn festival in Madrid showed, it is always capable of returning. en Bettina Knapp Marie Dorval: France’s Theatrical Wonder: A Book for Actors Rodopi 2007 75–76 90-420-2132-2 Shakespearemania prevailed in 1828. Only one year later, another English troupe arrived in Paris featuring William Macready in Macbeth, and some months later, still another exciting visitor, the renowned Edmund Kean, performed in Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear. en eponyms en William Shakespeare