National Ivan Franko Drama Theater

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Ivan Franko
National Drama Theater Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater
Ivan Franko Playhouse
location
Address: Ivan Franko Square (пл. Івана Франка) 3
City: Kiev , UkraineUkraineUkraine 
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '45 "  N , 30 ° 31' 41"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '45 "  N , 30 ° 31' 41"  E
Architecture and history
Construction time: 1896-1898
Spectator: 1200 seats
Architects: Georg Schleifer ,  Eduard Bradtman
Internet presence:
Website: ft.org.ua/

The National Ivan Franko Drama Theater ( Ukrainian Національний академічний драматичний театр імені Івана Франка / Nazionalnyj akademitschnyj dramatytschnyj teatr imeni Ivana Franka ) is the most popular theater in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . On October 11, 1994, the Ivan Franko Drama Theater was granted national theater status by decree of the President of Ukraine .

location

Blackboard with the official theater name

The Ivan Franko National Academic Dramatic Theater , as its literally translated official name, is located in Pechersk Raion at No. 3 Ivan Franko Square in the center of Kiev.

history

The originally two-story theater building, built between 1896 and 1898 according to plans by the architects Georg Schleifer and Eduard Bradtman in neo-Greek style, was badly damaged during the Second World War and was restored in 1946. The theater hall was designed in the Baroque and Rococo styles by the architect Władysław Horodecki .

In 1940 the theater was given the honorary title of Academic Theater .

From 1959 to 1960 it was increased to three floors. The opening of the theater took place on January 28, 1920. Since 1926 the theater has been named after the Ukrainian writer and literary critic Iwan Franko .

Web links

Commons : National Ivan Franko Playhouse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Günther Schäfer: Kiev: Tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr . In: City guide (=  Trescher series of trips ). 3. Edition. Trescher Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 195 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).
  2. ↑ a b Kiev sights Theater Iwan Franko ( Memento from May 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ); last accessed on April 29, 2014 (Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Alexander Jakowlewitsch Schnejer: Академический театр. Советская энциклопедия. In: dic.academic.ru. Retrieved July 5, 2018 (Russian).