Deutsches Schauspielhaus

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Deutsches Schauspielhaus
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Front view of Deutsches Schauspielhaus.
Deutsches Schauspielhaus
AddressKirchenallee 39
20099 Hamburg
Coordinates 53°33′15.5″N10°0′31.9″E / 53.554306°N 10.008861°E / 53.554306; 10.008861
Public transit Hauptbahnhof Nord
Owner Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg
Type Theatre
Capacity 1,192
Construction
Opened1901
Architect Fellner & Helmer
Website
schauspielhaus.de
ground floor plan Deutsches Schauspielhaus Erdgeschoss (1901) Zentralblatt Abbildung 1.png
ground floor plan
Founder share of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus AG, issued 20. June 1899 Deutsches Schauspielhaus AG 1899.jpg
Founder share of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus AG, issued 20. June 1899

The Deutsches Schauspielhaus, sometimes referred to as the Hamburg Schauspielhaus or Hamburg Theatre, is a theatre in the St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany

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History

The Deutsches Schauspielhaus was co-founded by stage actress Franziska Ellmenreich. [1] It was designed by Austrian architects Fellner & Helmer, built between 1899 and 1900, [2] and opened its doors in 1901. [3]

The theatre was renovated in 2013/2014. [3]

Notable productions

In May 2010 The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer, written by American actor John Malkovich [4] and directed by Michael Sturminger  [ de ], was performed at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, [5] with Malkovich starring. This was an operatic production, about the life of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger. [4]

Theatre managers

YearsTheatre managers
1901–1910 Alfred Freiherr von Berger
1910–1913Carl Hagemann
1913–1918 Max Grube
1918–1926 Paul Eger
1926–1928 Ernst Ziegel
1928–1932 Hermann Röbbeling
1932–1945 Karl Wüstenhagen
1945–1946 Rudolf Külus
1946–1948 Arthur Hellmer
1948–1955 Albert Lippert
1955–1963 Gustaf Gründgens
1963–1968 Oscar Fritz Schuh
1968 Egon Monk
1968–1969 Gerhard Hirsch
1969–1970 Hans Lietzau
1970–1971 Rolf Liebermann
1972–1979 Ivan Nagel
1979–1980 Günter König and Rolf Mares
1980–1985 Niels-Peter Rudolph
1985–1989 Peter Zadek
1989–1991 Michael Bogdanov
1991–1993Gerd Schlesselmann
1993–2000 Frank Baumbauer
2000–2005 Tom Stromberg
2005–2010 Friedrich Schirmer
2010–2013Jack F. Kurfess (acting)
since 2013 Karin Beier

References

  1. ↑ Gisela Schwanbeck (1959). "Ellmenreich, Franziska". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 4. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 460–460.
  2. ↑ "Ferdinand Fellner II". Architektenlexikon Wien 1770–1945 (in German). Architekturzentrum Wien. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Deutsches Schauspielhaus". Malerblatt Online (in German). 14 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "John Malkovich on stage, from Steppenwolf to the West End – in pictures". the Guardian. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "THE INFERNAL COMEDY / 2009". Michael Sturminger.
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