Schiller Theater ( German: Schillertheater ) - a theater in Berlin , located in the Charlottenburg district. Opened in 1907, during the war completely destroyed. Restored in 1951. In 1993, closed due to financial problems. Since 2010, it has been a temporary stage for the Berlin State Opera . It accommodates more than 1000 spectators (the number of seats changed during the reconstruction of the theater).
| Schiller Theater | |
|---|---|
| him. Schillertheater | |
 The main facade of the building | |
| Theater Type | drama theatre |
| Based | 1894 |
| Founder | Rafael Lowenfeld |
| Closed | 1993 |
| Theater building | |
| Location | |
| Underground | Ernst-Reuter-Platz |
| Architectural style | constructivism |
| Architect | Max Littmann |
| Building | 1905-1906 |
| Open | January 1, 1907 |
| Capacity | 1067 |
History
Built in 1906 by the Munich theater architect Max Littmann, commissioned by Schiller-Theater AG and the city of Charlottenburg. In 1920, after the unification of Charlottenburg with Berlin, it became the second stage of the Prussian State Theater. In May 1933 it was renamed the Youth Theater [1] , but already in December of that year passed into the possession of the city of Berlin . From 1937 to 1938, Paul Baumgartner carried out a deep reconstruction of the theater [2] .
During the Second World War, was repeatedly bombed [3] . November 29, 1943 was completely destroyed. The restoration of the theater took place in 1951 according to the project of architects Heinz Fölker and Rolf Gross. During construction, the ruins of the former building were partially used. For the facade of the new building, artist Ludwig Peter Kowalski created a huge glass stained glass window [4] , and a 28-meter bas-relief was made by Bernard Heiliger [5] .
In 1993, due to the difficult financial situation, the theater was closed by the decision of the Berlin Senate, and its employees were dismissed. The closure of one of the largest German scenes provoked protests, and its initiator Ulrich Roloff-Momin assigned the nickname "Schiller's killer." In 2000, the theater stage was used by Maxim-Gorki-Theater. In 2010, during the restoration of the main building, the Berlin State Opera moved here.
Significant Performances
January 1, 1907 the theater opened with the drama of Friedrich Schiller's " Robbers ."
On September 6, 1951, the restored theater opened with Schiller's play " William Tell ." The theater hosted premiere shows of the following works:
- May 5, 1953 - Max Frisch . "Don Giovanni, or Love for Geometry";
- September 23, 1962 - Martin Walser . "Oak and Angora";
- April 29, 1964 - Peter Weiss . “ The persecution and murder of Jean-Paul Marat, represented by the cast of the hospital in Charenton under the direction of Mr. de Sade ”;
- January 15, 1966 - Gunter Grass . Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand ;
- February 14, 1969 - Gunter Grass . Davor
- January 10, 1971 - Conor Cruz O'Brien . “Murderous Angels”;
- February 28, 1986 - Thomas Bernhard . Einfach kompliziert ;
- August 29, 1987 - Pavel Kohout . Patt ;
- November 5, 1989 - Thomas Bernhard . "Elizabeth II";
- March 11, 1992 - Volker Brown . Böhmen am Meer .
The last performance of the theater was the premiere of the play by Colin Cerro Weißalles und Dickedumm .
Notes
- ↑ Preußisches Theater der Jugend im Schiller-Theater (German) . - Berlin: Preuß. Theater d. Jugend, 1933. - 30 S.
- ↑ Theater-, Musik- und Filmkritiken im Dritten Reich (German) . Date of treatment October 6, 2014.
- ↑ Köster, Peter. Der Pakt mit dem Teufel. Heinrich Georges Liaison mit den Nazis (German) / Redaktion: Eberhard Klasse / Ralf Kröner. - SWR2. - S. 6.
- ↑ Baugeschichte (German) (inaccessible link) . Website der Staatsoper Berlin: Geschichte des Schiller-Theaters. Date of treatment May 19, 2013. Archived on August 15, 2013.
- ↑ Biographie (German) (inaccessible link) . Website der Bernhard-Heiliger-Stiftung. Date of treatment May 19, 2013. Archived August 21, 2013.