- About the now existing municipal theater in Amsterdam, see Schauburg
Schauburg ( niderl. Schouwburg ) is the first permanent theater in the Netherlands . He stood on the shore of the Amsterdam canal Keizersgracht (house number 384). [1] The theater was built in the image and likeness of the Olimpico Theater by Andrea Palladio . Currently, the Dylan Hotel is located on this site.
Old Shauburg | |
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Schouwburg van van campen | |
Is closed | 1664 |
Theater building | |
Location | |
Address | Keysersgracht 384 |
Architect | Jacob van kampen |
Open | January 3, 1638 |
Status | reorganized |
History
The theater was built in 1637 by Jacob van Kampen , who also invented the name Schauburg for him. The theater replaced Samuel Koster’s First Netherlands Academy, previously located at this site, originally created to expand access to science through lectures in the national language instead of Latin (although other events were held, such as painting contests). Koster, together with the playwright Bredero , built the wooden building of the Academy in 1617 in the image and likeness of Italian counterparts.
Both Koster and Bredero came from rhetorical circles , and both were members of such an In Liefde Bloeyende group. These societies developed at the beginning of the 17th century and, studying poetic texts, gave rise to the modern theater in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam was in the heyday of its Golden Age , and gradually began to discuss the creation of a permanent theater building. Van Kampen, known as the architect and designer of the new town hall of Amsterdam , created a simple permanent theater according to the Italian project of the time to replace the academy. This theater was to be opened on December 26, 1637 with the production of the play Geisbrecht of Amsterdam, specially written for this occasion by Vondel . Vondel also wrote the text in the theater entrance architrave:
De weereld is een speeltoneel |
The world is a theater |
This entrance from the original building is still preserved.
However, the Calvinist Kerkearad (church council) of the municipality tried to stop the opening of the theater, but it was only a temporary success, because the theater was finally opened on January 3, 1638, with the play of Vondel.
The Van Kampen Theater served until 1664, when it became clear that it was too small and did not correspond to the Baroque architecture of the 1660s. The theater was temporarily closed at the beginning of the Second Anglo-Dutch War , and the new building - twice the size of the old one and meeting the requirements of that time - finally opened in 1665.
Notes
- ↑ In Dutch, Schauburg is often synonymous with the word “theater”, but not always. Schauburg often means a theater building or proscenium.
Links
- Toneelagenda Amsterdam 1617-1665
- http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/alba001scho01_01/alba001scho01_01_0001.htm
- Angela Vanhaelen (2003), Comic Print and Theater in Early Modern Amsterdam , Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 9780754608448