Király Színház
The Király Színház (King's Theater) was a theater in the Hungarian capital Budapest .
history
The Király Színház opened on November 6, 1903 in Budapest at 71 Király Street. The theater was founded by László Beöthy (1873-1931) and it was already very difficult to get an operating license.
In 1903 László Beöthy said to a friend in a café in Belgrade: “I've had enough of journalism. I want to build a theater. ”The new theater building was originally the Orfeum Somossy , and the rundown building was bought and renovated with the help of László Beöthy's mother, Szidi Rákosi (1852–1935).
The first performance of the theater was the operetta Goldblume by Jenő Huszka . The real breakthrough came with János Kacsóh Pongrács Krieger , which took place on November 14, 1904. Viktor Jacobi's operettas were also played .
Until 1925, the Royal Theater was the most popular and successful operetta theater in Budapest thanks to Beöthy's excellent business and artistic sense. Between 1918 and 1925 the Königstheater served as a theater for the Union Theater. The stock corporation founded in 1918 was also led by Beöthy. For the next eleven years, six directors ran the company and spent brief periods developing real program policy. Beöthy was initially replaced by Jenő Faludi, from September 1929 Ödön Lázár was the director. Aurél Föld was the director three years later, then Ignác Zoltán and Sándor Varga ran the Königstheater from September 1934 to September 1935, and Arthur Spitz followed from September 1935 to autumn.
However, the extraordinary success came to an end. The decline in quality standards and the general economic downturn led to the slow decline of the Royal Theater and its collapse in 1936.
The facade of the building was demolished in 1941. Today the former theater building houses the TE fencing department in Újpest.
Well-known ensemble members
The ensemble members of the Königstheater included Sári Fedák, Emmi Kosáry, Elza Szamos, Júci Lábass, Vilma Medgyaszay, Nusi Somogyi, Irén Biller, Béla Környei, Márton Rátkai, Ákos Ráthonyi, and Latabárpád.