Deutsches Schauspielhaus

Deutsches Schauspielhaus

Deutsches Schauspielhaus front view
Address Kirchenallee 39
20099 Hamburg
Coordinates 53°33′15.5″N 10°0′31.9″E / 53.554306°N 10.008861°E / 53.554306; 10.008861Coordinates: 53°33′15.5″N 10°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 1192
Construction
Opened 1901
Architect Fellner & Helmer
Website
www.schauspielhaus.de
ground floor plan

The Deutsches Schauspielhaus is a theatre in the St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany. With a capacity for 1,192 spectators, it places it as Germany's largest theatre.[1] It was established in 1901 by the renowned stage actress Franziska Ellmenreich.

Theatre managers

Years Theatre managers
1901–1910 Alfred Freiherr von Berger
1910–1913 Carl 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
1991–1993 Gerd Schlesselmann
1993–2000 Frank Baumbauer
2000–2005 Tom Stromberg
2005–2010 Friedrich Schirmer
2010–2013 Jack F. Kurfess (acting)
since 2013 Karin Beier

Notable actors

Marco Albrecht, Ingrid Andree, Maria Becker, Ortrud Beginnen, Ehmi Bessel, Christa Berndl, Josef Bierbichler, Charles Brauer, Marion Breckwoldt, Ella Büchi, Max Eckard, Franziska Ellmenreich, Judith Engel, Sebastian Fischer, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Uwe Friedrichsen, Francis Fulton-Smith, Ute Hannig, Werner Hinz, Hanne Hiob, Jutta Hoffmann, Pola Kinski, Gustav Knuth, Felix Kramer, Werner Krauß, Richard Lauffen, Ruth Leuwerik, Erwin Linder, Susanne Lothar, Eduard Marks, Eva Mattes, Kyra Mladek, Magdalena Montezuma, Bernd Moss, Dietmar Mues, Ruth Niehaus, Joseph Offenbach, Michael Prelle, Tilo Prückner, Wiebke Puls, Will Quadflieg, Hans Quest, Heinz Reincke, Hermann Schomberg, Annemarie Schradiek, Jana Schulz, Monique Schwitter, Tristan Seith, Cathrin Striebeck, Solveig Thomas, Andreas Tobias, Daniel Wahl, Anne Weber, Laura de Weck, Antje Weisgerber, Ulrich Wildgruber, Maria Wimmer, Michael Wittenborn, Samuel Weiss, Rosel Zech.

Notable directors

Jan Bosse, Frank Castorf, Roberto Ciulli, Jürgen Fehling, Dieter Giesing, Heiner Goebbels, Gustaf Gründgens, Sebastian Hartmann, Ulrich Heising, Karin Henkel, Hanne Hiob, Ivo van Hove, Bruno Klimek, Jacqueline Kornmüller, Johann Kresnik, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Michel Laub, Ingrid Lausund, Jan Lauwers, Albert Lippert, Christoph Marthaler, Wilfried Minks, Egon Monk, Christian Pade, Claus Peymann, René Pollesch, Stefan Pucher, Ute Rauwald, Rimini Protokoll, Werner Schroeter, Anselm Weber, Jossi Wieler, Peter Zadek.

References

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