Schauspiel Frankfurt

The Schauspiel Frankfurt is the municipal theatre company for plays in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is part of Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt.

Schauspiel Frankfurt
Location
Anselm Weber
Websiteschauspielfrankfurt.de
Building details
General information
Coordinates50°06′29″N 8°40′27″E
Other information
Seating capacity689 (Schauspielhaus)[1]
Public transit access

History
Schauspielhaus in 1906

In the late 1770s the theatre principal Abel Seyler was based in Frankfurt, and established the city's theatrical life.[2]

Opened in 1782, the Comoedienhaus (comedy house) was the first permanent venue of the Frankfurt theatre, both plays and opera (drama and opera).[3][4] 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.[5]

Main temporary location of the Schauspiel from 1945 to 1963 was the Börsensaal.[3] A new house for opera and play was built at the Theaterplatz, completed in 1963.[6] When Harry Buckwitz was general manager, the ruins of the Schauspielhaus were restructured to house both play and opera.[6][3] Buckwitz focused on plays by Bertolt Brecht, including the world premiere of Die Gesichte der Simone Machard in 1957.[7]

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.[8][9]

Venues

Städtische Bühnen

Schauspiel Frankfurt is part of the municipal Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt.[11]

Intendant
  • 1879–1912 Emil Claar
  • 1912–1916 Max Behrend
  • 1916–1920 Karl Zeiss
  • 1920–1929 Richard Weichert
  • 1929–1933 Alwin Kronbacher
  • 1933–1944 Hans Meissner
  • 1945–1947 Toni Impekoven
  • 1947–1951 Richard Weichert / Heinz Hilpert
  • 1951–1968 Harry Buckwitz
  • 1968–1972 Ulrich Erfurth
  • 1972–1980 Peter Palitzsch
  • 1980–1981 Wilfried Minks / Johannes Schaaf
  • 1981–1985 Adolf Dresen
  • 1985–1990 Günther Rühle
  • 1990–1991 Hans-Peter Doll
  • 1991–2001 Peter Eschberg
  • 2001–2009 Elisabeth Schweeger
  • 2009–2017 Oliver Reese
  • Since 2017 Anselm Weber[12][13]

See also

References
  1. "Das Haus". Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. "Die Geschichte der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt". Städtische Bühnen. Frankfurt. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. Bartetzko, Dieter (2013). "Man will doch nur spielen. Die unendliche Baugeschichte der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt". Städtische Bühnen. Frankfurt. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. "Uraufführung des Brecht-Stückes "Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit" in Frankfurt, 11. Dezember 1926". Zeitgeschichte in Hessen (in German). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. Alexander, Matthias (21 September 2016). "Das wandelbarste Gebäude der Stadt". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. Jacobi, Johannes (14 March 1957). "Zur Brecht-Uraufführung in Frankfurt: "Die Gesichte der Simone Machard"". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. "Geschichte". Schauspiel Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  9. Markham, James M. (1 November 1985). "Jewish protesters halt Fassbinder play's debut". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  10. "Spielstätten". Schauspiel Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  11. Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (2 October 2018). "Massives Spardiktat für Städtische Bühnen". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  12. Berger, Jürgen (6 October 2017). "Bester Schauspieler im Staat". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  13. Sternburg, Judith von (26 April 2017). "Anselm Weber umarmt Frankfurt". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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