List of national theaters

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This is a list of national theaters . Several countries have one or more national theaters . This component in the name of a theater indicates that funding is not just a concern of private investors or the local city, but also the state or federal budget. Founded in 1680, the Comédie-Française in Paris is widely considered to be the world's first national theater. Many non-Europeans did not join until the 20th century, partly in the tradition of the colonial powers . The national theaters around the world mostly owe their names to their status as 'state theaters' or to the special importance they are given in the cultural life of a nation or language community.

Ethiopian National Theater in Addis Ababa
Comédie-Française in Paris
Opera at the Gänsemarkt in Hamburg
The new building of the Burgtheater am Ring in Vienna
Auditorium of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow
National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing
The Teatro Cervantes in Buenos Aires
National Theater of Ghana in Accra
Teatri Kombëtar in Tirana
Habimah in Tel Aviv
Teatru Manoel in Valletta
Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampaté Ba in Bamako
Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad
Teatro Nacional de Venezuela in Caracas
Sarajevo National Theater
Lietuvos nacionalinis dramos teatras (Lithuanian National Drama Theater) in Vilnius
Korean National Theater in Seoul
Royal National Theater in London
Gran Teatro Nacional in Mexico City
Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro in Brasília

Overview (by country)

The following overview does not claim to be up-to-date or complete. It is broadly drawn, sorted alphabetically by country or state (partly with English terms and those from other languages) and also contains some historical and some regional. The ensembles of some national theaters later played in other places, etc.

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Historically, the following theaters had the name:
Schauspielhaus Berlin , formerly the Royal National Theater
Rose Theater Berlin, founded as Ostend Theater , was called the National Theater from 1892–1896
Frankfurt National Theater , was named 1782 to 1841
Hamburgische Entreprise , the first attempt at a German national theater
See also the list of state theaters .

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Comédie-Française

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See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Theater cast in Albania: "That is stealing from the public" (Nora Sefa); Albanians fight for their national theater (Euronews)
  2. ↑ The Burgtheater is still known today as the “Austrian National Theater”.