Deutsches Schauspielhaus
Front view of Deutsches Schauspielhaus.
AddressKirchenallee 39
20099 Hamburg
Coordinates53°33′15.5″N 10°0′31.9″E / 53.554306°N 10.008861°E / 53.554306; 10.008861
Public transitHauptbahnhof Nord
OwnerFree and Hanseatic city of Hamburg
TypeTheatre
Capacity1192
Construction
Opened1901
ArchitectFellner & Helmer
Website
schauspielhaus.de
ground floor plan
Founder share of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus AG, issued 20. June 1899

The Deutsches Schauspielhaus, sometimes referred to as the Hamburg Schauspielhaus or Hamburg Theatre, is a theatre in the St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany

History

The Deutsches Schauspielhaus was co-founded by stage actress Franziska Ellmenreich.[1] It was designed by Austrian architects Fellner & Helmer, built between 1899 and 1900,[2] and opened its doors in 1901.[3]

The theatre was renovated in 2013/2014.[3]

Notable productions

In May 2010 The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer, written by American actor John Malkovich[4] and directed by Michael Sturminger, was performed at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus,[5] with Malkovich starring. This was an operatic production, about the life of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger.[4]

Theatre managers

YearsTheatre managers
1901–1910Alfred Freiherr von Berger
1910–1913Carl Hagemann
1913–1918Max Grube
1918–1926Paul Eger
1926–1928Ernst Ziegel
1928–1932Hermann Röbbeling
1932–1945Karl Wüstenhagen
1945–1946Rudolf Külus
1946–1948Arthur Hellmer
1948–1955Albert Lippert
1955–1963Gustaf Gründgens
1963–1968Oscar Fritz Schuh
1968Egon Monk
1968–1969Gerhard Hirsch
1969–1970Hans Lietzau
1970–1971Rolf Liebermann
1972–1979Ivan Nagel
1979–1980Günter König and Rolf Mares
1980–1985Niels-Peter Rudolph
1985–1989Peter Zadek
1989–1991Michael Bogdanov
1991–1993Gerd Schlesselmann
1993–2000Frank Baumbauer
2000–2005Tom Stromberg
2005–2010Friedrich Schirmer
2010–2013Jack F. Kurfess (acting)
since 2013Karin Beier

References

  1. ↑ Gisela Schwanbeck (1959), "Ellmenreich, Franziska", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 4, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 460–460
  2. ↑ "Ferdinand Fellner II". Architektenlexikon Wien 1770–1945 (in German). Architekturzentrum Wien. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Deutsches Schauspielhaus". Malerblatt Online (in German). 14 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "John Malkovich on stage, from Steppenwolf to the West End – in pictures". the Guardian. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "THE INFERNAL COMEDY / 2009". Michael Sturminger.

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