| Hamburg: Deutsches Schauspielhaus |
Country: Germany (Deutschland) State: Hamburg City: Hamburg Location: Sankt Georg, Kirchenallee | ![]() Ticket 12 Feb 1950 |
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Built 1899-1900 by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer for the "Aktiengesellschaft Deutsches Schauspielhaus". The auditorium is an enlarged copy of the Volkstheater Wien by the same architects. Opened 15 September 1900 with Beethoven's ouverture "Die Weihe des Hauses" and Goethe's "Iphigenie auf Tauris". 1913 conversion of the 1st balcony foyers into the art deco "Marmorsaal". 1934 put under state control and renamed "Staatliches Schauspielhaus". 1934 modernizations and alterations of interior colour scheme. 1944 used as a cinema. Damaged in World War II. Re-opened 1948. 1957-1962 restorations and alterations. 1971 opening of a the studio stage "Malersaal". 1981-1984 modernization of stage technology, addition of an administrative and technical building with a parking garage, major restoration of auditorium and foyers to the original plans. Capacity: originally 1831 seats, today 1397 seats.
Notable world premieres:
Link: www.schauspielhaus.de |
Front Text: "Hamburg - Deutsches Schauspielhaus - Ludwig Max" [actor]Publisher: Carl Buddenhagen, Hamburg; Entw. N. Chovke, Hamburg Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hamburg to Gevelsburg/Westfalen, 18 Sep 1900 |
Front Text: "Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg", left above: "Robert Nhil" [actor], left below: "Ludwig Max" [actor], right above: "Frau Ellmenreich" [Franziska Ellmenreich, actress], right below: "Carl Wagner" [actor]Publisher: Knackstedt und Näther, Hamburg Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hamburg to Kellinghausen, 22 Sep 1900 |
Front Text: "Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 3. Jan. 1901", left: "Dir. Freiherr von Berger" [director Alfred von Berger], middle: "Wilhelm II. Deutscher Kaiser" [German Emperor], right: "Otto Ernst, Dichter der 'Jugend von Heute'" [writer of 'Jugend von Heute']Publisher: Knackstedt und Näther, Hamburg Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hamburg to Kellinghausen, 28 Jan 1901 |
Front Text: "Hamburg, Deutsches Schauspielhaus"Type: Moonlight Card; Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hamburg to Kellinghausen, 28 Jan 1901 |
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Front Text: inscription: "Deutsches Schauspielhaus", posters: "Andi", "Wie es euch gefällt" ["As you like it"]Reverse Text: "Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg" + theatre advertisement text dated December 1988 Publisher: Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg Type: Advertisment Card; Advent Calendar (with 24 doors) Size: Modern Not sent. |
Front Text: "Hamburg - Deutsches Schauspielhaus", inscription: "Deutsches Schauspielhaus", poster: "Don Juan und Faust"Publisher: Michel + Co., Frankfurt/Main Size: Modern Sent: from Hamburg to Ravensburg, 2001 |