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Michael Sommer

Michael Sommer

Dramaturg

Michael Sommer is based in Munich. He’s a literature graduate, director and author and worked as a dramaturge at Ulm Theatre. Today Michael Sommer’s in charge of the greatest theatre in the world: with his huge Playmobil cast he presents a weekly work of world literature on his Youtube channel, Sommers Weltliteratur to go (Sommer’s World Literature to go). Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is still in fourth place in Sommer’s charts, with over 600,000 clicks (in two versions).

Contributions by Michael Sommer