 Schauspielhaus in 2007 | |
| Location |
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|---|---|
| Intendant | Anselm Weber |
| Parent organization | Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt |
| Website | schauspielfrankfurt.de |
| Building details | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 50°06′29″N 8°40′27″E / 50.10806°N 8.67417°E / 50.10806; 8.67417 |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 689 (Schauspielhaus) |
| Public transit access |
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The Schauspiel Frankfurt is the municipal theatre company for plays in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is part of Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt.
History
In the late 1770s the theatre principal Abel Seyler was based in Frankfurt, and established the city's theatrical life.
Opened in 1782, the Comoedienhaus (comedy house) was the first permanent venue of the Frankfurt theatre, both plays and opera (drama and opera). Its traditional house, the Schauspielhaus, built in 1902 by architect Heinrich Seeling at the Theaterplatz (now Willy-Brandt-Platz) was destroyed in World War II during an air raid in 1944. In 1926, Brecht's A Respectable Wedding premiered.
Main temporary location of the Schauspiel from 1945 to 1963 was the Börsensaal. A new house for opera and play was built at the Theaterplatz, completed in 1963. When Harry Buckwitz was general manager, the ruins of the Schauspielhaus were restructured to house both play and opera. Buckwitz focused on plays by Bertolt Brecht, including the world premiere of Die Gesichte der Simone Machard in 1957.
On 31 October 1985, the planned first performance of Fassbinder's Garbage, the City and Death caused a theater scandal. Spectators occupied the stage and prevented the actors from continuing to play.
As of 2023, a new building for the Städtische Bühnen is planned.
Venues
- Schauspielhaus (689 seats), Willy-Brandt-Platz
- Kammerspiele (185 seats), Neue Mainzer Straße
- Bockenheimer Depot (400 seats), Carlo-Schmid-Platz
- Box (70 seats), Willy-Brandt-Platz
Städtische Bühnen
Main article: Städtische Bühnen FrankfurtSchauspiel Frankfurt and Oper Frankfurt are part of the municipal Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main GmbH.
Intendant
- 1879–1912 Emil Claar [de]
- 1912–1916 Max Behrend [de]
- 1916–1920 Karl Zeiss [de]
- 1920–1929 Richard Weichert
- 1929–1933 Alwin Kronbacher
- 1933–1944 Hans Meissner [de]
- 1945–1947 Toni Impekoven
- 1947–1951 Richard Weichert [de] / Heinz Hilpert
- 1951–1968 Harry Buckwitz
- 1968–1972 Ulrich Erfurth
- 1972–1980 Peter Palitzsch
- 1980–1981 Wilfried Minks [de] / Johannes Schaaf
- 1981–1985 Adolf Dresen [de]
- 1985–1990 Günther Rühle
- 1990–1991 Hans-Peter Doll [de]
- 1991–2001 Peter Eschberg [de]
- 2001–2009 Elisabeth Schweeger [de]
- 2009–2017 Oliver Reese [de]
- Since 2017 Anselm Weber [de]
See also
References
- "Das Haus". Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- Mohr, Albert Richard (1967). "Abel Seyler und seine Verdienste um das Frankfurter Theaterleben". Frankfurter Theater von der Wandertruppe zum Komödienhaus: ein Beitrag zur Theatergeschichte des 18. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt am Main: Kramer. pp. 66–81.
- ^ "Die Geschichte der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt". Städtische Bühnen. Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- Bartetzko, Dieter (2013). "Man will doch nur spielen. Die unendliche Baugeschichte der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt". Städtische Bühnen. Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "Uraufführung des Brecht-Stückes "Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit" in Frankfurt, 11. Dezember 1926". Zeitgeschichte in Hessen (in German). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Alexander, Matthias (21 September 2016). "Das wandelbarste Gebäude der Stadt". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- Jacobi, Johannes (14 March 1957). "Zur Brecht-Uraufführung in Frankfurt: "Die Gesichte der Simone Machard"". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "Geschichte". Schauspiel Frankfurt (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- Markham, James M. (1 November 1985). "Jewish protesters halt Fassbinder play's debut". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- Murr, Günter (27 September 2023). "Neue Argumente gegen Abriss der Städtischen Bühnen". FAZ.NET (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- Trauner, Sandra (15 December 2023). "Frankfurt will "Kulturmeile" für Oper und Theater". neue musikzeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- "Wolken unter Denkmalschutz?". German-Architects (in German). Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- "Spielstätten". Schauspiel Frankfurt (in German). Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (2 October 2018). "Massives Spardiktat für Städtische Bühnen". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Berger, Jürgen (6 October 2017). "Bester Schauspieler im Staat". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- Sternburg, Judith von (26 April 2017). "Anselm Weber umarmt Frankfurt". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
External links
- Official website (Bühnen Frankfurt)
- Official website (Schauspiel Frankfurt)