Gdańsk theatre in tribute to late Shakespeare scholar

The Shakespeare Theatre in the city of Gdańsk is the venue of a two-day event dedicated to the memory of Professor Jerzy Limon, a prominent Polish Shakespeare scholar, writer and translator who died of COVID, aged 70, at the beginning of last month.

Jerzy Limon, pictured in 2019.

Photo: PAP/Adam Warżawa

Limon was the founder and director of the theatre, which is a replica of an Elizabethan-era playhouse.

Two round-table discussions on Saturday are to focus on Jerzy Limon as a man of the theatre and scholar. Panellists include academics, theatre directors and Limon’s colleagues from Poland, Britain, the United States, Germany, France and Hungary.

All the events will be transmitted on the You Tube and Facebook profiles of the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre.

Friday was the 457th anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare.

(mk/pk)