Intimate theater
Intimate theater stands for a form of theater that established itself in Europe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The term intimate refers on the one hand to the theater architecture, which is characterized by small stages and auditoriums. On the other hand, it denotes the repertoire of the theater that is not oriented towards mass tastes, but only aimed at certain lovers and connoisseurs. Mainly so-called intimate dramas are performed , the plot of which deals with inner-psychological processes or private-family subjects , whereby small dramaturgical forms such as one-act plays are preferred and detailed stage sets are avoided.
Peter Sprengel said in his History of German Literature 1870-1900 the name Intimate Theater as follows: "In this term in Germany in the mid-1890s by Max Halbe and John sleep is represented flow of Strindberg and Maeterlinck outgoing suggestions together; it's about a theater of the soul and the small means, of concentration and abstraction. "
Since the turn of the century, a number of theaters called Intime Theater have been founded in various European countries (e.g. in Germany, Austria and Sweden). These include, for example, the Intima Teater in Stockholm founded by August Strindberg (today: Strindbergs Intima Teater ), the former Intima Theaters in Göttingen and Nuremberg and the predecessor of the Theater im Zentrum in Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Annette Delius: Intimate Theater. Investigations into the program and dramaturgy of a preferred form of theater at the turn of the century. Kronberg / Ts. 1976, p. 7.
- ↑ Horst Turk (ed.): Theater and Drama: Theoretical Concepts from Corneille to Dürrenmatt. Gunter Narr Verlag, 1992, p. 321.
- ↑ Peter Sprengel: History of German-Language Literature 1870-1900. CH Beck, 1998, p. 450.
- ↑ Intimate Theater Nuremberg at nuernberginfos.de