People's Theater (Berlin)
The People's Theater was a theater in Berlin-Mitte , Am Zirkus 1.
Beginnings
Originally built as a market hall from 1865 to 1868 according to a design by the architect Friedrich Hitzig , the renovations from 1873 to 1874 to a circus arena with 5000 seats go back to this.
1918-1924
1918-1919 the house was rebuilt by Hans Poelzig and opened on November 28, 1919 as Max Reinhardt's Großes Schauspielhaus . In 1924 Erik Charell became artistic director of the house. He brought stars like Marlene Dietrich , Claire Waldoff , La Jana and the Comedian Harmonists onto the stage and celebrated sensational revues and operettas.
National Socialism
In 1934 the house was renamed "Theater des Volkes" by the National Socialists and redesigned in 1938 by Fritz Fuß , who u. a. built in a driver's box. At that time the theater held about 3200 spectators.
In 1934 Walther Brügmann as director of the Bavarian State Theater in Munich at the theater of the people to Berlin where he Lippls that his appointment brought Bavarian folk play "The Pentecostal organ" with such success to the performance of directors took place and senior director immediately. Other productions such as Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , Lincke's wife Luna and Ibsen's Peer Gynt as well as the power through joy revue, Joy of Life, followed on the occasion of the 1936 Summer Olympics , before Brügmann was dismissed in 1936 because of a denunciation . Brügmann had previously helped his friend Edmund Nick to take up the position of musical director of the theater. Nick was also dismissed soon afterwards because "a review of the theater contracts found that he was missing his wife's Aryan certificate".
In 1936 there was a permanent base of 23 actors and 10 actresses. 53 dancers were employed.
There were u. a .: Heinrich George , Erik Ode , Ida Perry , Karl Etlinger , Herbert Weißbach , Herbert Hübner , Gerda Müller .
1947-1980
After the war and repairs, the house was reopened and operated as the Friedrichstadtpalast from 1947 to 1980 . In 1986 the building was demolished.
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Stage Yearbook 1936
- ↑ Dagmar Nick , foreword, p. 11, in: Edmund Nick: The literary cabaret “Die Schaubude” 1945–1948 ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
